Gergely Péterfy’s new novel, ‘The Stuffed Barbarian,’ is about the truth and backwardness of Hungarians, as well as the centuries-old tragicomedy of intellectuals attempting to improve their situation. Who was the Black man who was stuffed and exhibited in a Viennese museum in the 18th century? Why did Kazinczy believe that a new world could be built by renewing the language? What words are today sought after by the memory-less working class and the peasantry that has undergone electroshock therapy? An interview.