Péter Esterházy on intellectual life in Poland

Following a trip to Poland the Hungarian writer Péter Esterházy concludes that Polish politicians are unacceptable, but in other respects the country is in much better shape than Hungary. "I was pleasantly surprised by the vitality of the intellectual life and the non-political spheres of society there. In Poland I witnessed a colourful world, independent of party politics. In Poland I met people who are intellectuals in the truest sense of the word. I have never met so many competent journalists, some of them very young. Warsaw is making wonderful progress. And in Poland there are even liberal intellectuals among the Catholics ! (This phenomenon is inconceivable for Hungarians)... Perhaps if I didn't come from Hungary five days in Hungary would be just as fantastic?"

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