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An acknowledged masterpiece of twentieth-century Hungarian fiction, set in autumn of 1899 Dezső Kosztolányi's Skylark is a portrait of provincial life in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. The Vajkays—call them Mother and Father—live in Sárszeg, a dead-end burg in the provincial heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Father retired some years ago to devote his days to genealogical research and quaint questions of heraldry. Mother keeps house. Both are utterly enthralled with their ugly spinster daughter, Skylark. Unintelligent, unimaginative, unattractive, and unmarried, Skylark cooks and sews for her parents and anchors the unremitting tedium of their lives. Now Skylark is going away, for one week only, it’s true, but a week that yawns endlessly for her parents. At first the couple, whose entire existence revolves around their daughter, are devastated by her absence. What will they do? But before they know it, they are eating at restaurants, reconnecting with old friends, attending the theater. And this is just a prelude to Father’s night out at the Panther Club, about which the less said the better. Drunk, in the light of dawn Father surprises himself and Mother with his true, b

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Author

Dezső Kosztolányi, Richard Aczel (Translator), Péter Esterházy (Introduction)

Publisher

NYRB Classics

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781590174029

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.1 / 5 (117 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14