Sculpture of the Boys of the Pál Street
Sculpture of the Boys of the Pál Street
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Roberts69
Northampton, UK18,944 contributions
Apr 2022
We came across this interesting sculpture by chance when walking to dinner one evening. It's a very nicely done piece of street sculpture depicting the 'einstand', a bullying scene from the youth novel “The Paul Street Boys” written by the Hungarian author Ferenc Molnar in 1906. A very popular piece of literature in Hungary where it is considered as a 'classic', and it is also one of the most famous Hungarian novels outside of the country. The novel is about schoolboys in the Józsefváros neighbourhood of Budapest and set in 1889.
Written April 16, 2022
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Giovannella M
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Mar 2024 • Friends
Anyone who has read the novel cannot help but want to visit this monument. The statues tell in detail a moment of history: the exit from school, the abandoned bags and the marble game. Emotion and melancholy mix.
Written March 29, 2024
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MariaBudapest
Budapest, Hungary48 contributions
Jun 2014 • Couples
The Paul Street Boys - if you haven't read it yet, I think you should. This statue shows you the scene when the two Pásztors, from the Red Shirt group, takes away the toys of the peacefuly playing Paul Street Boys. ( This act was called 'doing an "einstand"'.) And this was why Boka, the leader of the Paul street boys, decided to go in war with Áts and his Red Shirt groups - and because they were protecting they area, which was called The Grund.
These days The Grund is a very nice playground and ruin pub very close of this statue, in Nagytemplom utca - visit it, and have a drink on these little heroes protecting their small country!
These days The Grund is a very nice playground and ruin pub very close of this statue, in Nagytemplom utca - visit it, and have a drink on these little heroes protecting their small country!
Written July 2, 2014
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Yesim A
Istanbul, Türkiye4 contributions
Dec 2019 • Couples
İt was my favourite book during my childhood.When I heard that their author was Hungurian and their sculptures were built in Budapest,I just couldnt stop myself from visiting them..
Worth seeing them although they are just somehow hidden in a corner on a steet!!
Worth seeing them although they are just somehow hidden in a corner on a steet!!
Written January 4, 2020
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evrimonal
Dalyan, Türkiye9 contributions
Apr 2016 • Couples
I have read Paul Street Boys when I was at 6th grade. It was a really moving experience to re-read the book while walking the streets the boys played on. The monument, a little hard to find, is the treasure to top it all. I just put my bag next to theirs and took a moment to watch the game. Just before the Pastor brothers came to "einstand" their pellets.
Written May 16, 2016
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Traveltheorient
San Antonio, TX596 contributions
Jul 2015 • Friends
Unless you grew up in Hungary and read this childhood classic, it is very difficult to appreciate and understand the significance of this attraction. But if you read the book (I don't think it has been translated into any other languages) it is an absolute must to see and experience. - Supposedly this is the area where the fictional story took place...
Written August 27, 2015
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JnVSydney
Greater Sydney, Australia21,796 contributions
Feb 2020
On first approach, this collection of sculptures, looks very different than the norm, a group of boys, (bronze statues) playing marbles. On further investigation it is representing a scene from a novel, “The Paul Street Boys” written by the Hungarian author Ferenc Molnar, within the scene there is a group playing marbles and two boys (Bullies) from another group looking on in a menacing manner.
Written April 16, 2020
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stinkwink
Sydney, Australia7,254 contributions
May 2019 • Solo
The sculpture group depicts a scene from Ferenc Molnár's eternal novel, Pál Street Boys. You see, they just came from school because the bags are lying next to them. Two of the teams play genuinely with the marbles, but the third keeps his eyes on the two distant ones. They seem to not care about the others, but they are secretly watching them with jealousy.
As you look at the sculptures, you suddenly want to stand between them and take part in the game.
As you look at the sculptures, you suddenly want to stand between them and take part in the game.
Written May 24, 2019
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Gary John. Anthony 25+
Budapest, Hungary299 contributions
Apr 2019 • Couples
This masterful piece of Hungarian literature by the highly acclaimed Hungarian author Ferenc Molnar,released in 1906, is a must read.Molnar was just not a writer but a poet,dramatist,playwright and stage director,which still today his legacy is thought to be that of Hungary's most celebrated playwright.My reading of " A Pal utcai fiuk" - The Paul Street Boys, rekindled in me similarities when I first read William Goldings novel - Lord of the Flies. The underlining need by the boys associated with the theme of these (2) two novels was to "govern themselves" to acheive the outcome they saw as there property/patch and for there survival. In the "gloaming" years of my earthly life, the read of this book, re-kindled within me,childhood memories of "territorial" district boyhood street gangs that did exist in the lower socio-economis suburb/district that I was born and raised in Melbourne,Australia.The sculptures, life like in there quality of work, are a must visit, but to truely under-stand what there message is, the read of the novel even of its authors background is my opinion of recomendation.
Written April 18, 2019
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JDL
Copenhagen, Denmark28 contributions
May 2013 • Solo
It was an early morning visit to avoid the crowds. It's larger than life depiction of young boys who are playful and full of life. Meritorious creation.
The place can easily be found around a residential block in Budapest.
The place can easily be found around a residential block in Budapest.
Written June 3, 2013
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Je souhaiterais savoir où exactement, dans Budapest, se trouve cet ensemble de statues illustrant si bien ce beau roman de Molnár.
Written November 20, 2018
Alcuni dei commenti sono assolutamente fuorvianti! La zona in questione non è per niente periferica né brutta, il liceo non esisteva ai tempi di Molnar... Ecc. Ecc. Documentatevi prima di spararle grosse! Basta un click su Google!
Written November 2, 2018
Io non ho trovato la zona né periferica né brutta, solamente la mia guida non mi dava il punto esatto, quindi abbiamo girato un po' per trovarlo. Comunque un'attrazione suggestiva
Written November 3, 2018
I'd like to know if the book is available in English to read
Written September 12, 2017
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