High ball

We dare to say it with a calm heart: Krisztina Tóth is one of the most significant poets of the last two decades, who entered her name into Hungarian literary life with her strong prose and significant audience success a few years ago. Now the High Ball is another important station in poetry, showing both subtle maturation and radical re-creation: one half of the book is a rethinking of the rich Hungarian poetic tradition, sometimes in a serious and sometimes playful form; on the other hand, we encounter acute life situations that, while mundane, carry tragedy and, through it, catharsis. In these wonderful and shocking texts, the lyrical self can focus even in the most dramatic situations on the essential moments that reveal the secrets of our existence.