With the volume, the author, János Juhos-Kiss, applied to the Civil Solidarity Forum and wrote the following: "I am a great admirer of them. I congratulate you on your activities, I am always with you on the street! My new book has just been published: Together and yet separately, it is about the feeling of life of the Hungarians living in the Carpathian Basin. There are also five towns in the highlands, for example the past, present, and history of Munkács... Cluj is also strongly present."

Thank you again for your kind words. (The book is distributed by Erdélyi Szalon Könyvkiadó.) In the beginning, let us quote from the introduction of the literary historian István Bakonyi.

"I started writing in Transylvania. My poems and prose have been published in various magazines and newspapers in the two countries, and I still do so today. I have always lived together with nature, with all the feelings of life of my beloved people. In my poem Elbú chúzom, "The streets of Szamosújvár are now running out from under me, / but what is left of the blood-soaked place , / in the strength of Hungarian interdependence, / I can never say goodbye to it!// "
a result of an accident, I lost most of my physical
In the spring of 1988
 , I came to Budapest for treatment, I didn't go back, I immediately enrolled at the college, I was accepted as a correspondence student, in the meantime I worked as a typist, I supported myself , and now I am a teacher in Budapest . Kispest - I live in Wekerlé, poetic passion, only to "fall" to the ground again , hugging squeezing .
I was, I became, I will be
 in the third stanza of my poem : "Without you, I will be an orphan blink/ like a tiny firefly / on a starless night/"
Years ago Juhos - wrote down the above lines . Since then, his oeuvre has continued to mature, of which this new book is an important part. is nothing less than to present the life of the Carpathian basin . At first glance, the goal seems almost unbelievable, but we must add that without grandiose goals, it is not worth being a pen-twister.
 Of course, perfection can hardly be achieved, but we must always strive for perfection. - Kiss also does this (…)
He admits that it feels good to give. Moreover, as a true Christian, he also believes that it is better to give than to receive. This spirit is called humility. he serves, writes and lives with this humility true to Vörösmarty , with his attachment to the knot of "living and dying", in a good sense . (…)

"Together and yet apart"... This idea
 runs throughout the book. We can understand it either intimately or in a broad, communal sense . It also conveys that the divisions and internal strife that are so frequent in continue to live on, and it would be good to change this.(...)

...makes an attempt to present the thousands of faces of the Carpathian Basin . culture, literature, history , and national values. A kind of encyclopedia according to the edic point of view. And in the meantime, we will tour the Hungarian landscapes with him. a geographical and spiritual, external and internal journey. He introduces us to our lasting values , the landscape and the traces of the creations of the people living in it. And family is an important value for him, and this is also evident from the way he raises his son. For safekeeping, for patriotism . Playfully and seriously. include the fact that the book is illustrated by the works of his artist brother.

In this volume, prose is the master.
 , the words and sentences suggest that a poet is writing this prose . As read in the conclusion of King Nevenincs : "...ever since then, he has lived happily in space-time, in the embrace of his loved ones, in the appreciation of his people. It can only be the Heavens . ”

It sure is. It is also worth reading this book for such moments.

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