Books by Dezső Kosztolányi (2)
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Alondra by Dezső Kosztolányi ES
HungaryDescription:
Septiembre de 1899. en una pequeña ciudad de provincias del Imperio austrohúngaro, la hija de los Vajkay, llamada cariñosamente Alondra, se dispone a pasar una semana de vacaciones con sus tíos. La despedida en la estación es dolorosa, pues los días que d
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Skylark by Dezso Kosztolanyi EN
Description:
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