The Pendragon Legend - Couverture souple

Szerb, Antal

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 190128560X ISBN 13 : 9781901285604

Editeur : Pushkin Press, 2006

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Antal Szerb belongs with the master novelists of the 20th century - PAUL BAILEY, The Daily Telegraph --The Daily Telegraph

May Szerb's entry into our literary pantheon be definitive - ALBERTO MANGUEL, The Financial Times --The Financial Times

Szerb is a master novelist whose powers transcend time and language - NICHOLAS LEZARD, The Guardian --The Guardian

"Szerb was fluent in German and English and greatly interested in unusual religious beliefs. His knowledge of Rosicrucianism and the occult informs this often very funny book, which takes many affectionate potshots at the period's popular fiction. Szerb, who produced a history of English literature, knew his Shakespeare, Blake and Milton, but also the frothier writings of John Buchan, Edgar Wallace and P G Wodehouse" PAUL BAILEY --The Independent

Szerb is a master novelist whose powers transcend time and language - NICHOLAS LEZARD, The Guardian --The Guardian

Biographie de l'auteur

ANTAL SZERB was born in 1901 into a cultivated Budapest family of Jewish descent. Graduating in German and English, he rapidly established himself as a prolific scholar, publishing books on drama and poetry, studies of Ibsen and Blake, and histories of English, Hungarian, and world literature. In 1933 he was elected President of the Hungarian Literary Academy. His first novel, The Pendragon Legend, is a gently ironical murder-mystery set in Wales and steeped in alchemical philosophy. Journey by Moonlight appeared in 1937, followed by Oliver VII and The Queen's Necklace, essays and novellas. He died in a forced labour camp at Balf in January 1945.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pushkin Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 190128560X
• ISBN 13: 9781901285604
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320