Niki: The Story of a Dog - Tibor Dery -1958 1st (English) edition

“One of Hungary’s leading novelists...Mr. Dery brings a kind of cunning naivete that records (or imagines) with utmost seriousness all the tremors of Niki’s soul. He puts, as it were, the psychological realism of the contemporary novel at the disposal of a fox terrier.” –The New York Times “The Dog adopted the Ancsas in the spring of ’48”: so the story begins. The Ancsas are a middle-aged couple living on the outskirts of Budapest in a ruinous Hungary that is just beginning to wake up from the nightmare of World War II. The new Communist government promises to set things straight, and Mr. Ancsa, an engineer, is as eager to get to work building the future as he is to forget the past. The last thing he has time for is a little mongrel b*tch, pregnant with her first litter. But Niki knows better, and before long she is part of the Ancsa household... Then Mr. Ancsa is swept up in a political crackdown—disappearing without a trace. For five years he does not return, five years of absence, silence, fear, and the constant struggle to survive—five years during which Mrs. Ancsa and Niki have only each other. - Niki: The Story of a Dog - Tibor Dery. Translated by Edward Hyams Published 1958, Secker & Warburg Ltd. London Hardcover. Approx. 5x7.5in. 144pp. In good condition. Dustjacket has some nicks and a chunk missing from the spine bottom but with the protective plastic you can barely tell.