Ferenc Karinthy

Broschiertes Buch

Metropole

Beschreibung

A linguist flying to a conference in Helsinki has landed in a strange city where he can't understand a word anyone says. As one claustrophobic day follows another, he wonders how he'll get by in this society that looks so familiar, yet is strange. In a vision of hell, Budai must learn to survive in a world where words and meaning are unconnected.

Autor

Ferenc Karinthy was born in Budapest in 1921. He obtained a PhD in linguistics, and went on to be a translator and editor, as well as an award-winning novelist, playwright, journalist and water polo champion. He wrote over a dozen novels. This is the first novel to be translated into English. George Szirtes - award-winning poet, translator and editor - was born in Budapest and came to England as a refugee in 1956. His recent poetry collection, Reel, won the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2005. He has translated over ten works of Hungarian poetry, fiction and drama into English.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Seitenzahl: 279
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 202mm x 131mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 216g
• ISBN-13: 9781846590344
• ISBN-10: 1846590345
• Artikelnr.: 23437047