Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture

by John Lukacs

2021-01-01 14:01:55

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 ... Read more
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 ErnoSzep; 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 " Less

Book Details

File size9.25 X 6.25 X 0.81 in
Print pages288
PublisherGrove/Atlantic
Publication date February 11, 1994
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780802132505
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John Lukacs is the acclaimed author of more than thirty works of history, including Five Days in London; The Duel; The End of the Twentieth Century and the End of the Modern Age; Churchill: Visio...

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