Take Off: Creative Writing by Hungarian Students

By József Horváth

A collection of stories and essays written by my students at the University of Pécs, Hungary

• Language: English
• Publisher: József Horváth
• Release date: Apr 12, 2010
• ISBN: 9781452330280

József Horváth

I am a teacher of English at the University of Pécs, Hungary. Take Off is a three-thread project: this ebook, a podcast and a blog.

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Take Off

Creative Writing by Hungarian Students

Published by Smashwords

Edited by József Horváth

Collection copyright 2010 József Horváth

Scripts copyright 2010 The Contributors

Cover image copyright 2010 Tibor Zoltán Dányi

The blog companion of this book is available at http://take-o-f-f.blogspot.com

See the podcast companion at http://jozsefhor.podomatic.com

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Acknowledgments

The following students have contributed to this creative writing anthology, most of whom took my Academic and Creative Writing course at the University of Pécs in 2007: Gergely Farkas, Gabriella Ferenc, Mariann Gerlecz, Diána Göncz, Zsófia Gyenge, Tamás Horváth, Nikolett Kovács, György Kõszegi, Kinga Kurucz, Zsófia Liska, Rita Nyulas, Ágnes Stier, Dániel Takács, Tímea Takács, Zoltán Takács, Tekla Teveli, Anna Tóth, Orsolya Tukács, Mónika Ürmösi, Viola Zöldy, and Eszter Zsélyi.

Table of Contents

Still There by Dániel Takács

Night by Eszter Zsélyi

Ikebana: Traditional Art in a Modern Way by Tímea Takács

My Little Ways by Anna Tóth

To Become a Child Again by Ágnes Stier

It’s Really Worth It by Orsolya Tukács

Alright by Diána Göncz

Rain on the Windshield by Zsófia Gyenge

A Syllabus by Rita Nyulas

I Hate Mornings by Viola Zöldy

The Woman I Only Knew by Her Voice by Gergely Farkas

First Lines by Kinga Kurucz

As If by Mónika Ürmösi

Searching For by Mariann Gerlecz

Thirteen First Sentences by Dániel Takács

The Pine Tree by Tamás Horváth

Runaway Dreams by Gabriella Ferencz

Time Flies by Zoltán Takács

Shrinking Five Weeks by Tekla Teveli

Quite Right by Nikolett Kovács

Of Mice and Tiger by Zsófia Liska

Y’all Ain’t Gonna Jibe at My English by Dániel Takács

Still There by Dániel Takács

I could hardly lug my suitcase by the time I arrived in Cambridge. A stranger shoved it into the overhead compartment on the train.

Another series of dragging and I arrived at the house. When I reached the landing at the top of the staircase and looked left, heartache washed over me: The glass of water