August book recommendation
Woody Allen: Apropos of Nothing
In this candid and often hilarious memoir, the celebrated director, comedian, writer, and actor offers a comprehensive, personal look at his tumultuous life. Beginning with his Brooklyn childhood and his stint as a writer for the Sid Caesar variety show in the early days of television, working alongside comedy greats, Allen tells of his difficult early days doing standup before he achieved recognition and success. With his unique storytelling pizzazz, he recounts his departure into moviemaking, with such slapstick comedies as Take the Money and Run, and revisits his entire, sixty-year-long, and enormously productive career as a writer and director, from his classics Annie Hall,Manhattan, and Annie and Her Sisters to his most recent films, including Midnight in Paris. Along the way, he discusses his marriages, his romances and famous friendships, his jazz playing, and his books and plays. We learn about his demons, his mistakes, his successes, and those he loved, worked with, and learned from in equal measure.
This is a hugely entertaining, deeply honest, rich and brilliant self-portrait of a celebrated artist who is ranked among the greatest filmmakers of our time.
https://www.amazon.com/Apropos-Nothing-Woody-Allen/dp/1951627342
Kinga Tittel: Fabulous Budapest
Hungary’s capital is visited by millions of tourists every year but only a few know why Fisherman’s Bastion has seven towers. If you haven’t got the faintest idea when Budapest celebrates its birthday and why there are no skyscrapers in the city, this is the book you are looking for. If you would like to get the answer to these questions and many more, do not miss the unique opportunity and discover with Kinga Tittel, a professional tour guide, what makes Budapest so incredibly fabulous.
Fabulous Budapest is a family travel guide that also gives an insight into the history and culture of the Hungarians. The beautifully drawn maps, countless photos and text boxes will give you a colourful and enjoyable experience as well as a better understanding of the city and its people.
https://kolibri.libricsoport.hu/fooldal/konyvek/fabulous-budapest-2/
Gárdonyi Géza: Ida regénye
Ida grew up half-orphaned in a convent. Her father, Péter Ó, is a wine merchant and is looking for a husband with a rich dowry: he urgently wants to get rid of his daughter so he can continue his libertine lifestyle. Money is life-saving for the husband-to-be, so he can disencumber his sister's estate, and also have the opportunity to fulfil his artist ambitions. Before the wedding, Csaba Balogh and Ida Ó vow to each other: their business-based and strictly formal marriage will be dissolved a year later ...
Jonas Jonasson: The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man
It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they’re not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship, and they could never have imagined that the captain of the ship would be harbouring a suitcase full of contraband uranium, on a nuclear weapons mission for Kim Jong-un …
Soon Allan and Julius are at the centre of a complex diplomatic crisis involving world figures from the Swedish foreign minister to Angela Merkel and President Trump. Things are about to get very complicated …
