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Biografisk notat
Gyula Krúdy (1878-1933) is a much-loved and admired Hungarian writer. He spent much of his life in Budapest and wrote many stories about the alcoholic and erotic possibilities of the city in its heyday, possibilities which he himself lived to the full. His most famous books in English are The Adventures of Sindbad and Life is a Dream.Krudy writes of imaginary people, of imaginary events, in dream-like settings; but the spiritual essence of his persons and of their places is stunningly real
The New Yorker
Marvellously quirky
- CJ Schüler, Independent on Sunday
This [series] is a wonderful idea ... They are absurdist parables, by turns hilarious, unsettling and enigmatic.
- Nicholas Lezard, Guardian
[The series] sheds remarkable light on the literature, culture and politics of the region...anyone coming fresh to the field will be captivated by the richness, variety, humour and pathos of a classic literature that, through a shared historical experience, transcends national and linguistic boundaries.
- CJ Schüler, Independent on Sunday
I urge you to go and read them.
- Adam Thirlwell, New Statesman
This new series of Central European Classics is important well beyond simply providing 'good reads'.
- Stephen Vizinczey, Daily Telegraph
The Hungarian Proust
- Charles Champlin, New York Times