'An absolute treat... Szerb is a master novelist, a comedian whose powers transcend time and lang...

Der erfolgreiche Roman des wiederentdeckten großen ungarischen SchriftstellersDer erfolgreiche ...

'Wenn wir strikt nur diejenigen Autoren und Werke in Betracht ziehen, die wirklich von weltlitera...

'No one who has read it has failed to love it.' - Nicholas Lezard, Guardian. 'Szerb belongs with ...

Die Geschichte des wohl berühmtesten Hofskandals des Ancien RégimDie Geschichte des wohl berühmte...

'Szerb belongs with the master novelists of the twentieth century' Paul Bailey, Daily Telegraph T...

Hungarian Antal Szerb is best known in the West as the author of three extraordinary novels, most...

A typically brilliant, ironic and moving travelogue by one of the twentieth century's greate...

A witty and erudite love letter to a bygone age, from one of Europe's last great humanists.In Aug...