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When we first read “Cotton Candy,” we thought it was a story about a father sharing a nostalgic ritual of youth with his son. But there was something more, something in the child’s disdain for what he was told was a treat, but which actually was more of a bitter mess… poolpartymag.com/cotton-candy/

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Like @agiborimottern.bsky.social writes in her translator’s note, “… Just like socialism, thought the budding prose writer back in the seventies, hoping that contemporary readers would get the message. They did. Readers had grown accustomed to writers using figures of speech to avoid censorship...

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21 Jan

...which was part of everyday life back then in socialist Hungary.” We hope you find some time to read this short piece of flash fiction by acclaimed Hungarian author, Miklós Vámos, translated into English by @agiborimottern.bsky.social, and we hope it sticks with you like it did us. 🍭🍭🍭