The Pendragon Legend
Antal Szerb
Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
Beschreibung
"An absolute treat... Szerb is a master novelist, a comedian whose powers transcend time and language" Nicholas Lezard, GuardianAt an end-of-season London soirée a young Hungarian scholar, Dr János Bátky, is introduced to the Earl of Gwynedd, a reclusive eccentric who is the subject of strange rumours. Invited to the family seat, Pendragon Castle in North Wales, Bátky receives a mysterious phone call warning him not to go. Once there, nothing is quite as it seems... Antal Szerb's first novel is a gently satirical blend of gothic and romantic genres, crossed with a murder mystery to produce a fast-moving and often hilarious romp. But beneath the surface, Szerb's steely intelligence poses disturbingly modern questions about the nature of self and reality.
Kundenbewertungen
Madga Szabo, Welsh book, Ali Smith, Antal Szerb, supernatural mystery classic, Pushkin Press Classics, Journey by Moonlight, Gerard Reve, Hungarian classic, Stefan Zweig, comic classic