JUNO, and the long eye of history (In Process)

Juno, and the Long Eye of History is a novel in development that reimagines the lives of Jewish and feminist women in 1900 Budapest through the speculative voice of a mythic horse. Juno, as narrator, offers a unique, nonhuman perspective—free from national, gendered, or linguistic constraints—to examine the rise of Hungarian nationalism and the strategic erasure of women’s resistance. As an American of Hungarian descent, this book is very personal, and holds the memory of her bright and suppressed ancestors close to the narrative.

Sarah has been selected to be a resident at the Horses and Art Research Program (HARP) in Barnaq, Hungary (July 2025), where I will work directly with a Nonius horse (as horse native to Hungary) and artists from Mongolia, Asia and Europe. She is also collaborating with Dr. Susanne Korbel of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Graz, and Dr. Judit Acsády, a Vienna-based sociologist whose work focuses on gender identity in Central Europe. Additional research is being conducted at National Széchényi Library (Budapest)IKM Institute (Budapest), Austrian National Library The American Hungarian Library, and the Women’s Museum (Vienna). —- (More Information on Juno)

The True, was published by Editura Integral, 2021. It was published in English and Romanian and launched at the annual Literary Festival at the National Theater of Romania, in Bucharest. The book is autofiction exploring the mysterious death of her lover, and the con artist who convinced her about his last days. “Sarah Kornfeld’s The True is an extraordinary satire of the corrupt economy engulfing the world.” — Rain Taxi. —- (More Information on The True)

What Stella Sees, was published by Cove International Publishers, 2018. Her debut novel, Stella explored epilepsy, exile and a young girl’s search for meaning while coming to believe in an alternate ocean. “…Imaginative, eloquent, poetic and profoundly insightful of how injured minds work, the entire book reads with like grace...In a word, inimitable. Gorgeous writing in a story that deserves our empathy and admiration. ” Grady Harp, Art and Poetry Reviewer for POETS and ARTISTS magazine —- (More Information on Stella)