Postcard from London

And Other Stories

Postcard from London
John Batki, Ivan Mandy
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Hardback
h229 x 152mm - 356pg
15 Sep 2021 UK
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9780857428868
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The first comprehensive volume in English from one of Hungary' s most popular twentieth-century writers. Ivan Mandy (1918-1995) has been called "the prose poet of Budapest," and this volume of short stories presents the first comprehensive collection of his work in English. His early oeuvre created an urban mythology full of picaresque characters inhabiting the seedier neighborhoods of the city: its flea-market stalls, second-run cinemas, and old-fashioned coffeehouses. The stories from the later decades of Mandy' s life, often bordering on the absurd, introduce many autobiographical elements spun around the author' s alter-ego, Janos Zsamboky, whose hapless adventures on a rare trip abroad constitute this group of stories, including "Postcard from London. " Mandy' s unique style at times borrows techniques from films and radio plays, his quirky cuts creating a flicker of images seen in the mind' s eye. Memory and perception, time and place spin in narrative legerdemain that invites and rewards the reader' s active participation.
Ivan Mandy (1918-1995) was one of the most widely read Hungarian writers of the postwar period. He was coeditor of the independent literary review Ujhold until its suppression in 1948. John Batki, born in Hungary, has lived in the United States since age fourteen. His numerous translations from Hungarian literature include works by Laszlo Krasznahorkai and Gyula Krudy.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780857428868
Published: 15 Sep 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Seagull Books London
Publisher: Seagull Books London
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Pages: 356

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