About this title: Gyula Krudy is a marvelous writer who haunted the taverns of Budapest and lived on its streets while turning out a series of mesmerizing, revelatory novels that are among the masterpieces of modern literature. Krudy conjures up a world that is entirely his own--dreamy, macabre, comic, and erotic--where urbane sophistication can erupt without warning into passion and madness. In "Sunflower" young Eveline leaves the city and returns to her country estate to escape the memory of her desperate love for the unscrupulous charmer Kalman. There she encounters the melancholy Almos-Dreamer, who is ...
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Description: Good. A Good copy with a Remainder Mark and wear to the covers and the extremities. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 30 years of combined bookselling experience. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corvina
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9789631343328ISBN:9631343324
Description: VG. Has dedication inside front cover, but otherwise verging on Like New-a clean, tight copy, in excellent condition throughout. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corvina, Hungary
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9789631343328ISBN:9631343324
Description: Very Good. Clean tightly bound copy. Unmarked pages. price sticker on the ffep. "Sunflower, Gyula Krudy's 1918 novel, sets turn of the century Budapest hustle and the timeless, "peactime" mode of the Hungarian countryside as backdrops for this sensually observed episode in Womanhood's ongoing, ever-variable encounter with the male principle. A richly quintessentialized cast of characters offers a fivefold bevy of females, variously engaged with a trio of males. World-weary, proto-feminist Miss ... read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Corvina Books, Budapest, Hungary
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9789631343328ISBN:9631343324
Description: As New. FINE stated 1st edition thus (translation) in color pictorial wrappers. The author's 1918 novel "Napraforgo, " here translated from the Hungarian by John Batki, and with a 20-page introduction by John Lukacs. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corvina Books
Date Published: 01/01/1997
ISBN-13:9789631343328ISBN:9631343324
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of only minimal use. All pages are undamaged with no significant creases or tears. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781590171868ISBN:1590171861
Description: New. Gyula Krudy is a marvelous writer who haunted the taverns of Budapest and lived on its streets while turning out a series of mesmerizing, revelatory novels that are among the masterpieces of modern literature. Krudy conjures up a world that is entire... read more
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