De man die niemand kon begraven
© Annabell Van den Berghe

BUDAPEST - There she is, the granddaughter, in Budapest in front of her grandfather, who died suddenly five days ago. None of his three daughters, who all live in Flanders, travelled to Hungary for the funeral. From one moment to the next, the granddaughter, who loved her grandfather dearly, steps in to take charge.

In a foreign city and in a foreign language she has to arrange all sorts of things. This marks the start of her search for her grandfather's past. He fled Hungary in 1956, built a life in Belgium, founded mini football, divorced his wife, and returned to Hungary in 1996. It is also the story of her tyrannical grandfather. Gradually, the granddaughter discovers that, in 1956, in Budapest, he did not fulfil the heroic role he was so proud of. His final years were marked by suspicion, delusions and obsessions, making the revelation of his past all the more urgent. Driven by a relentless passion for the truth, however painful it may be, she digs deeper and deeper, encountering increasingly painful events.

De man die niemand kon begraven
© Annabell Van den Berghe
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  • Title: The man no one could bury
    Author: Annabell Van den Berghe
    Language: Dutch
    Date of publication: 7 oktober 2021
    Number of pages: 200
    Editor: Manteau
    EAN: 9789022334324

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