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Budapest 1900 A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture

by [Lukacs, John]

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"Lukacs's book is a lyrical, sometimes dazzling, never merely nostalgic evocation of a glorious period in the city's history. . . . {His} true sympathy lies . . . not with the famous expatriates, but with the writers and intellectuals who lived and died at home: the poets Endre Ady and Mihaly Babits; the novelists Ferenc Herczeg, Sandor Hunyady, Frigyes Karinthy, Dezso Kosztolanyi, Gyula Krudy, Kalman Mikszath, and Zsigmond Moricz; the political essayist DezsoSzabo; the playwright Erno Szep; the literary historian Antal Szerb; and others. . . . {John Lukacs} sets out to explain Hungarian literature to English-speaking readers. Though I have no idea whether or not he will succeed, few interpreters of Hungarian literature have made a more touching and eloquent attempt." -- The New York Review of Books

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  • Grove Press Brand
  • Feb 1, 1994 Pub Date:
  • 9780802132505 ISBN-13:
  • 0802132502 ISBN-10:
  • 288.0 pages Paperback
  • English Language
  • 9.25 in * 1 in * 6.25 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: