Description: "Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City & Its Culture," by John Lukacs, published by Grove Press: New York, 1988. ISBN: 978-0-8021-3250-5 Weight: 1.01 LbsCover: PaperbackCondition: Brand NewPages: 255 From Publisher: "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 Erno Szep; 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
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Book Title: Budapest 1900 :A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 1994
Topic: Europe / General, History / General, Jewish
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Architecture, History
Item Weight: 15 oz
Author: John Lukacs
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
