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Dr Istvn (Stephen) Jsz is highly respected in Budapest literary circles but to the family he has always been known by the diminutive "Pisti." This prize-winning novel was inspired by a series of questions in an application for compensation for nazi atrocities. It is highly autobiographical, so the characters are real people, but it is a novel. Significant events, such as Pisti's father's trip to Rome, are real although how much embellished I do not know. English is a rich language as is Hungarian. The two don't always match up so I have tried to bridge the gap with footnotes where I could. "Ripples of Time" acknowledges but does not dwell on the horrors of war, rather it introduces us to the...