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Versek, aforizmák, műfordítások magyarul, angolul és más nyelveken
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Versek, aforizmák, műfordítások magyarul, angolul és más nyelveken
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Versek, aforizmák, műfordítások magyarul, angolul és más nyelveken
Originally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisitely structured novel by the Hungarian master Sandor Marai conjures the melancholy glamour of a decaying empire and the disillusioned wisdom of its last heirs.
This autobiographical first novel by a Budapest-born American poet and translator follows the destiny of Attila Nagy, from his Hungarian childhood under the Communist regime and his family’s escape to Cleveland following the revolution to his dysfunctional adulthood and unhappy marriage-all of which are redeemed by a lucky tumble into mythology.
The main historical events that are addressed are: the bloodless occupation of Buda, the seat of the Hungarian kings, in 1541, and the 1552 Siege of Eger (now in Northern Hungary) by the Turks, that forms the major topic of the novel.