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082	1		_a943.91 LUK _2
100			_a Lukacs, John _d(1924-2019)
245	1	4	_aBudapest 1900 : _b a historical portrait of a city and its culture _c/ John Lukacs
260			_aNew York _b: Grove Weidenfeld _c, 1990, c1988
300			_a255 p. _b: illus. _c; 24 cm
500			_aDonated by Toller Cranston
520			_aLukacs's book is a lyrical, sometimes dazzling, never merely nostalgic evocation of a glorious period in the city's history. . . . {His} true sympathy lies . . . not with the famous expatriates, but with the writers and intellectuals who lived and died at home: the poets Endre Ady and Mihaly Babits; the novelists Ferenc Herczeg, Sandor Hunyady, Frigyes Karinthy, Dezso Kosztolanyi, Gyula Krudy, Kalman Mikszath, and Zsigmond Moricz; the political essayist DezsoSzabo; the playwright Erno Szep; the literary historian Antal Szerb; and others. . . . {John Lukacs} sets out to explain Hungarian literature to English-speaking readers. Though I have no idea whether or not he will succeed, few interpreters of Hungarian literature have made a more touching and eloquent attempt.
546			_aEnglish
651		4	_aBudapest (Hungary) _x-Civilization
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999			_c241896 _d241896