bookshelves: translation, one-penny-wonder, hungary, summer-2010, published-1918, doo-lally, noir, amusing, books-with-a-passport Recommended for: Post on to Carey then Hayes Read from June 14 to 22, 2010 Translated from the Hungarian by John BátkiIntroduction by John Lukacs1. THE TOUCHABLE EVEL...
I could not finis h this book. I read 29%. First, let me point out that the samples available from Amazon should NOT be only the introduction to the book. The introduction is written by a writer different from the author. You cannot glimpse the author's style from this. I also checked the the very ...
Loved the mix of mythical and downright base - an immensely enjoyable read and prose to be savoured ... thank you Bettie...
Translated from the Hungarian by John BátkiIntroduction by John Lukacs1. THE TOUCHABLE EVELINE. THE YOUNG miss lay abed reading by the light of the candelabra.Beautifully written, and that last passage of wolf-howl winter nights brought a tear to my eye. And what about this from the hand of that rog...