The Pendragon Legend

Adatok

Szerző

Szerb Antal

Kiadó

Pushkin Press

Oldalak száma

240

Borító

papír, puha kötés

ISBN

9781805330660

Nyelv

angol

Kiadás éve

2024

Szerb Antal

The Pendragon Legend

5 990 Ft

'An absolute treat... Szerb is a master novelist, a comedian whose powers transcend time and language' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian At 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.