Books by Dezső Kosztolányi (2)
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Anna ʹEdes by Dezső Kosztolányi EN
HungaryDescription:
Kosztolanyi, Anna Edes. Cruelty and emptiness of Bourgeois life permeate this novel.
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Skylark by Dezso Kosztolanyi EN
SerbiaDescription:
It is 1900, give or take a few years. The Vajkays—call them Mother and Father—live in Sárszeg, a dead-end burg in the provincial heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Father retired some years ago to devote his days to genealogical research and quaint questions of heraldry. Mother keeps house. Both are utterly enthralled with their daughter, Skylark. Unintelligent, unimaginative, unattractive, and unmarried, Skylark cooks and sews for her parents and anchors the unremitting tedium of their lives. Now Skylark is going away, for one week only, it’s true, but a week that yawns endlessly for her p... continue