Now ​You See It, Now you Don't / House of Cards [antikvár]

NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T – An Illegal gambling game played in Budapest streets – is an apt description of the world Marion Merrick encountered before its disappearance following the changes of 1989. Written in a lively and entertaining style, the book chronicles everyday life in the author's first – and Communism's last- seven years in Hungary. She portrays its absurdities and illogicalities, its characters, and the unique atmosphere which led her to stay. HOUSE OF CARDS provides a sequel to Now you See it, Not you Don't, continuing with the first seven years of life in post-Communist Hungary. Marion Merrick's new volume follows the fate of a country and its people from the initial joy and disbelief at the 1989 implosion of the regime, to the realities and implications of such a dramatic change. It was a transformation that left no-one's life unaffected.