I am sorry I lost touch with my friends and readers, but I was in hospital over the past few weeks. I am ok now, but recovering slowly. I received wonderful care in hospital, but the worst thing was that I was unable to sleep there. So I think at the end I was sick of sleeplessness. I was diagnosed with a weak heart on entry to the hospital, which led to a heart attack at the hospital. I had also some kidney problems, because I fell at home and stayed all night on the floor, which the doctors told me would do damage to the kidneys. It is very boring to you and also to me and I long to finish my book and get it printed.
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| Stephen Vizinczey |
While I was at the hospital, I was kept being tested for the
coronavirus, practically daily and all the tests proved negative. I was amazed incidentally that how hungry for
literature the nurses were, they all seemed to love hearing about my work and
about my books. The nurses practically liked “In Praise of Older Women” and
they wanted to read about “An innocent millionaire”.
Going off topic, Kate Hopkins is a very enjoyable commentator, but I parted company from her when she speaks of the more than fifty percent of people who are idiots. Perhaps I misunderstand her, but she seemed to locate the idiots among ordinary people. But stupidity is boundless and can be found in every strata of society. To give an example from Hungary one of the greatest poets of the 20th century Attila József a genius who was the son of an illiterate washer woman, the intelligence the brilliance of people who didn’t have much formal education is grossly underestimated.
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| Attila József |
One of my
most often quoted remarks is that “No amount of learning can cure stupidity,
and higher education positively fortifies it”.
My “3 Wishes” novel, which I believe is my best book is
almost ready for the printer and I hope you will be able to read it in about a months-time
if the epidemic allows it. As I often
said I am not so much of a writer, but a rewriter and I was writing and revising
this novel for 17 years. Reading it over last time, I was amazed how much the
world has changed during these 17 years, we are at a better place than we were
all those years ago. So part of the book
is already past history.
I dedicate my new novel to my wife Gloria who died on
November 19th 2020, it was a big blow when Gloria died, because it
must have contributed to my health problems. Anybody who has read any of my
books and liked it I would like to comment on Amazon and on Facebook, to keep
the books alive.
Incidentally I am asking readers to recommend my books
without any financial motives. I had sold more 8 million copies around the
world and now the books are building a result by people who have bought them
and so those books are their properties, and then they resell those books where
any money goes to them.
