Sunday, March 9, 2014

Bangkok Transit by Eva Fejos Guest Post


Bangkok: a sizzling, all-embracing, exotic city where the past and the present intertwine. It’s a place where anything can happen… and anything really does happen. The paths of seven people cross in this metropolis. Seven seekers, for whom this city might be a final destination. Or perhaps it is only the start of a new journey? A successful businessman; a celebrated supermodel; a man who is forever the outsider; a young mother who suddenly loses everything; a talented surgeon, who could not give the woman he loved all that she desired; a brothel’s madam; and a charming young woman adopted at birth. Why these seven? Why did they come to Bangkok now, at the same time? Do chance encounters truly exist?
Bangkok Transit is a Central European best-seller. The author, Eva Fejos, a Hungarian writer and journalist, is a regular contributor to women’s magazines and is often herself a featured personality. Bangkok Transit was her first best-seller, which sold more than 100,000 copies and is still selling. Following the initial publication of this novel in 2008, she went on to write twelve other best-sellers, thus becoming a publishing phenomena in Hungary According to accounts given by her readers, the author’s books are “therapeutic journeys,” full of flesh and blood characters who never give up on their dreams. Many readers have been inspired to change the course of their own lives after reading her books. “Take your life into your own hands,” is one of the important messages the author wishes to convey.

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 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Eva Fejos worked in one of the largest Hungarian women’s magazines, Nők Lapja (Women’s Journal), as a journalist from 2001 until 2012. She was the recipient of both the Award for Quality Journalism and the Award for Excellence.

She is tremendously fond of traveling. Her many experiences give a personal touch to her exciting, propelling, and exotic novels. Fejos's first Hungarian best-seller book, Bangkok transit, reached the top of the best-seller list within one month of its publication.

Following the initial publication of this novel in 2008, she has gone on to write twelve other best-sellers, making her a publishing phenomena in Hungary. According to the many accounts given by her readers, the author's books are "therapeutic journeys," full of flesh and blood characters who never give up on their dreams. Many readers have been inspired to change the course of their own lives after reading her books. "Take your life into your own hands" is one of the important messages the author wishes to convey.

Guest Post:
Finishing a novel - What about happy ends?

When I finish a novel, I’m usually sad and happy at the same time. I feel a deep sorrow because something has come to an end… but at the same time I am also happy that the story has reached a conclusion and cannot go on: it is at a place where it must end. One of the greatest joys for me is when characters continue living not only inside of me, but also inside my readers. I wrote the last chapter of Bangkok Transit in Frankfurt. My partner and I visited the city for a few days, and all of a sudden, I declined all of my engagements because I felt that I had to spend my time with the novel right then. I sat on the terrace of the small guest house, the autumn sun was still bright, and I just couldn’t stop writing. That is where I finished the book. Afterwards, I only had a day and a half left in Frankfurt; my mood alternated between floating on a cloud in joy and being down in the dumps, because it was so uplifting but also sad that the story was over. It was hard to say goodbye to my characters.   
          I’m often asked about happy ends – whether all of my novels do finish with a happy end? I think that a book ends where the characters feel that the story is over. In my view, Bangkok Transit does have a happy end. However, some of my readers do claim more pages of ‘happiness’ could have been added in that book. I tend to disagree this as I prefer to let the story continues inside my readers’ minds. It’s up to them to decide, based on their imagination, or their hopes and desires, whether two characters will only have a temporary relationship or they have found true love and will live happily ever after. I like to leave the end of my books slightly opened, because as a reader, I too enjoy keeping the story to run in my mind for a little while after it has been over. As an author, I offer my characters the chance for a happy end, but also offer my readers the chance to ‘continue the story’ in their minds in line with their wish and imagination.    


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