Author: Miklos Banffy
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Number Of Pages: 450
Publisher: Arcadia Books
Release Date: 15-09-2016
Details: Product description 'A masterpiece. This very readable translation makes a wonderful book accessible to many more people' - New Statesman 'This epic Hungarian novel, absorbing both for its exploration of human nature and its study of the decline of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ... weaves social and political themes into Banffy's powerful tale' - Daily Telegraph In the sequel to They Were Counted Balint Abady is forced to part from the beautiful and unhappily married Adrienne Uzdy. Gyeroffy is rapidly heading for self-destruction through drink and his own fecklessness. The politicians, quarrelling among themselves and stubbornly ignoring their countrymen's real needs, are still pursuing their vendetta with the Habsburg rule from Vienna. Set in picturesque Translvania, Banffy paints a rich and fascinating portrait of the aristocratic world oblivious to its impending demise. Review 'A genuine case of a rediscovered classic. The force of Banffy's enthusiasm produces an effect rather like that of the best Trollope novels - but coming from a past world that now seems excitingly exotic' -- Times Literary Supplement 'My great find of the year is a reprint of the magnificent trilogy, set in pre-war Transylvania by Miklos Banffy ... which stands comparison with the great Russian and French masters. Banffy vies with Tolstoy for sweep, Pasternak for romance and Turgenev for evocation of nature; his fiction is packed with irresistible social detail and crammed with superb characters: it is gloriously, addictively, compulsively readable' --Caroline Moor, Books of the Year, Seven 'A very romantic book set in Transylvania during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire before the First World war. It's full of balls and hunting parties, snow and politics. It's totally absorbing and I'm looking forward to reading the next two books in the trilogy' --Martha Kearney, My Six Best Books, Daily Express About the Author Miklos Banffy was born in 1873 and spent most of his life at the castle of Bonczhida near Kolozsvyr (now Cluj-Napoca in Romania). He was second cousin of Mihyly Kyrolyi, who later became prime minister. He studied painting, law and mathematics before becoming a diplomat and then a member of parliament.
EAN: 9781910050910
Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.0 x 1.7 inches
Languages: English
Binding: Paperback
Item Condition: New