Katalin Street

by Magda Szabo

  IN EVERYONE’S life there is only one person whose name can be cried out in the moment of death.

  Bring Blanka home!

  PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

  KATALIN The a as in salt, with a slight stress on first syllable (Hungarian for Catherine)

  ELEKES Elekesh with a slight stress on first syllable

  TEMES Temesh with a slight stress on first syllable

  BIRÓ Bee-raw with a slight stress on first syllable

  IRÉN Ee-rayn with a slight stress on first syllable

  BÁLINT Baa-lint with a slight stress on first syllable (Hungarian for Valentine)

  BLANKA The a’s sounded as in salt, Baltic, with a slight stress on first syllable

  LAJOS Loy-osh, with a slight stress on first syllable

  PALI The a sounded as in salt, Baltic, and with a slight stress on first syllable

  TIMÁR Tee-mar with a slight stress on first syllable (not the second)

  KIS Kish