Big In Budapest

For those lamenting the near-invisibility of Can Lit in the world, here is a story to lift your spirits and make you think, yes, yes, one day we will be recognized as a country that has produced major authors and major works.

At least in Budapest.

Suspiciously absent is any remark from Alice Munroe as to why she didn't leave her comfortable home in Clinton, Ontario to travel all the way to Budapest. Perhaps she was laughing too hard to form a coherent response.