#TheHungarianSoprano

Daniel Prietodprieto@mastodon.uy
2025-05-06

May is book's month in Uruguay, May 26th being National Book's Day. I promised to release my books freely in a #FediverseEdition proposal.
I expected to do that in their original language (Spanish).
Translation is a full time professional job which I am not prepared to do. However, some LLM helped me improve a bit my amateur translation attempt of my opera prima The Hungarian Soprano.

The main story is a nonlinear chronology which mirrors the dissonant harmonies of La Traviata.
Its structure forces the reader to become the investigator, piecing together a conspiracy the text refuses to spell out.

It is a historical fiction work covering espionage, arms traffic, government cover-ups spanning South America and Europe during the Yugoslavian wars.

The prose’s clinical tone (dates, decrees, serial numbers) sharpens the horror, making The hungarian soprano's death feel not like fiction, but like history’s darkest aria.

Six more parts await inside covering #fanaticism, #prejudice, #mystery, #psychedelia, #travel, #alcoholism, #friendship, #africa, #trans, #MedecinsSansFrontieres, #southamerica, #Brazil, #tarot and more.

Hope you enjoy it. If you feel like #commenting, #sharing or #rating it, thanks in advance.

Completely #free. :cc_cc: This book is distributed under a Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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Entirely written in #FOSS.

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Book cover from Daniel Prieto's The hungarian soprano, Fediverse edition. 
The book cover shows the toast scene from La Traviata performed at the Opéra National du Rhin. 
In the foreground, the lead actress, Catherine Malfitano, in the role of Violetta, is dressed in an elaborate, low-cut Victorian-style gown with elbow-length white gloves. In her right hand, she holds a long golden goblet. On her head, she wears a feathered headdress; around her neck, an ornate choker. In the background, two men in period costume are seen watching her sing. They sit beside an elaborately laid table with linens and crockery, lit by a candelabra with five lit candles. In the background, a mansion-style setting.

Cover image by: ©Claude Truong-Ngoc / Wikimedia Commons.
Strasbourg, Opéra National du Rhin, Catherine Malfitano as Violetta. Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, March 1980.
Daniel Prietodprieto@mastodon.uy
2025-04-19

So, this is moving forward. Part three of #TheHungarianSoprano has been added to the free EPUB.

Now I would like to humbly ask for opinions/expert advice from the #lgbtqia community.
It's hard to write without wondering whether you've been careful enough to honor a character.

This third part deals with exile, rights, resilience, prejudice, and fanaticism. The action takes place in Brazil.
Hope the translation captures the original spirit of the writing.

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Thanks in advance!

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Daniel Prietodprieto@mastodon.uy
2025-04-19

This #easter2025 , following the sharing momentum I'll leave here the second part of my 2021 book The Hungarian Soprano (English translation, historical fiction).

It has been fully crafted using #FOSS and will keep translating it as a humble contribution to the entertainment of our fediverse community.

EPUB-formatted and distributed with an accessible font developed by the Braille Institute under a CC license. The first part is already included in the file, but there are still five to go.

Hope you enjoy it 😀

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Daniel Prietodprieto@mastodon.uy
2025-04-16

Today I'm sharing the first part of my book #TheHungarianSoprano. This is a CC-licensed Fediverse edition. Hopefully, the other six will follow.

This is also the first edition in English. Apologies for translation mistakes in advance.

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Free. Epub-formatted with an accessible font. Written in LaTeX. Hosted at a local Nextcloud instance ;)
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If you feel like sharing or commenting, I will be grateful. Hope you enjoy it.

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