Life is a dream
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Bibliographic Information
Life is a dream
（Penguin modern classics, . Central European classics ; fiction）
Penguin, 2010
- : pbk
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Az élet álom
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Note
"First published as Az élet álom 1931. This translation first published in Penguin classics 2010"--T.p. verso
Contents of Works
- Last cigar at the Grey Arabian
- The journalist and death
- The waiter's nightmare
- The landlady, or, The bewitched guests
- The undead (a latter-day Szindbad tale)
- The apostle of heavenly scents
- Betty, nursemaid of the editorial office
- The green ace
- One glass of borovichka and its consequences
- the ejected patron
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Life is a Dream (1931) is Gyula Krudy's magical collection of ten short stories. Creating a world where editors shoot themselves after a hard day's brunching, men attend duels incognito and lovers fall out over salad dressing, Life is a Dream is a comic, nostalgic, romantic and erotic glimpse into the Hungary of the early twentieth century. Focussing on the poor and dispossessed, these tales of love, food, death and sex are ironic and wise about the human condition and the futility of life, and display fully Krudy's wit and mastery of the form.
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