• ISBN13: 9789639116795
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Publisher Imprint: Central European University Press
• Publication Date: May 1, 2000
• Pages: 306
• Original Price: USD 62.95
• Language: English
• Edition: 1
• Item Weight: 468 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): European / Eastern

Written during the 1910s '20s and '30s, these articles offer a wistful and nostalgic image of the waning years of the Austro-Hungarian empire, with portraits of the Habsburgs, culminating in first-hand reports in 1916, from Vienna on the funeral of Emperor Francis Joseph I, and from Budapest on the coronation of Charles IV, the last king of Hungary. Kr�dy's reports follow the bloodless democratic revolution of 1918, the K�rolyi government and the short-lived Soviet Republic, and present cameos of the leading political figures of the day such as Ferenc Kossuth, Mih�ly K�rolyi and B�la Kun.

In his lively, casual pieces Kr�dy displays his intimate knowledge of Hungarian society with a special emphasis on literature and publishing.

Gyula Krúdy is one of the towering figures of 20th century Hungarian literature. In addition to a stunning array of fiction- over eighty novels and stories, his non-fiction output is considerable, about eighteen hundred items of journalistic writing which constitute a colourful and closely observed 'chronicle' of Hungary in the first decades of the twentieth century. Selected, edited and translated by John Bátki. Introductory essay by John Lukacs.