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The Adventures of Sindbad

By Gyula Krudy

The Adventures of Sindbad Essays & Short Stories

The Adventures of Sindbad

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"What you have loved remains yours." Thus speaks the irresistible rogue Sindbad, ironic hero of these fantastic tales, who has seduced and abandoned countless women over the course of centuries but never lost one, for he returns to visit them all-ladies, actresses, housemaids-in his memories and dreams. From the bustling streets of Budapest to small provincial towns where nothing ever seems to change, this ghostly Lothario encounters his old flames wherever he goes: along the banks of the Danube; under windows where they once courted; in churches and in graveyards, where Eros and Thanatos tryst. Lies, bad behavior, and fickleness of all kinds are forgiven, and love is reaffirmed as the only thing worth persevering for, weeping for, and living for. The Adventures of Sindbad is the Hungarian master Gyula Krúdy's most famous book, an uncanny evocation of the autumn of the Hapsburg Empire that is enormously popular not only in Hungary but throughout Eastern Europe.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
240
Release Date:
2011-11-08
Publication Date:
2011-11-08
Publisher:
New York Review of Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1590174453
ISBN13:
9781590174456
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
244 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
204 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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