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Night school : a reader for grownups / Zsófia Bán ; translated from the Hungarian by Jim Tucker ; afterword by Peter Nadas.

by Bán, Zsófia.

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Open Letter, 2019.

Esti iskola. English.

240 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Translation from the Hungarian of: Esti iskola.

Motherwhere -- Gustave and Maxime in Egypt (or: The metaphysics of happening) -- What is this thing called the exchange reaction (destructive affinities) -- The two Fridas (school beyond the border) -- A film (24/1) -- Fidelio (a blog opera) -- The goblin -- The temptation of Henri Mouhot -- A box of photos (captions on the back) -- Night zoo -- Mrs. Longfellow burns (a biography) -- Olympia (une folie sentimentale) -- The Mantegna Madonna (folksong for expectant mothers) -- Concerto (with subtitles) -- Expulsion to paradise -- Self help (or: The power of Nohoo) -- Mme de Merteuil shakes herself -- The mathematics of randomnes -- On the eve of no return (archival recording) -- How I didn't (exercises de style: a partial inventory) -- The miraculous return of laughter.

"Perfect for anyone looking for a little more Nohoo (or "know-how") in your life, Zsófia Bán's mock-textbook, Night School: A Reader for Grownups covers all the important subjects, from self-help to geography to chemistry to French, complete with a hearty dose of irony. Bán's "lectures" tell of the travels of young Flaubert to Egypt with his friend Maxime, and includes a missive from Laika the dog minutes before being blasted off into space, never to be seen again. A story collection masquerading as an encyclopedia of life, Night School makes our all-too-familiar world appear simultaneously foreign and untamed, and brings together lust, taboos, and the absurd in order to teach us the art of living, all in a wildly clever way"--Publisher's description.

Hungarian fiction -- Translations into English.

Experimental fiction.

Tucker, Jim, 1960-

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