cover image When the World Was Whole: 2three Centuries of Memories

When the World Was Whole: 2three Centuries of Memories

Charles Fenyvesi. Penguin Books, $10.95 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-14-013080-5

Fenyvesi tells of Hungary, village life, prosperity and tragedy in tales passed down by his Jewish ancestors. ``He writes with warmth, sympathy, humor--and a few sentimental excesses--about his relatives, native land and the emperor Franz Josef, who had a `tender heart' for the Jews,'' said PW. Photos. (Sept.)