The Lark

Name: The Lark
Author: Dezso Kosztolanyi

by Dezso Kosztolanyi

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Dezso Kosztolanyi

Hungarian author and poet considered one of the finest prose stylists in the Hungarian language. Skylark and Anna Edes are his most celebrated novels, portraits of provincial Hungarian life with bitter irony and compassion.

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SkylarkHungarian wife endures neglect and resignation with quiet, devastating dignity
Anna EdesServant's tale of beauty, seduction, and downfall in early twentieth-century Hungary
Nero the Bloody PoetImagined portrait of the Roman emperor's psychological decay and artistic obsession
Kornél EstiConnected stories of a vagabond navigating life's absurdities and spiritual hunger