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A wonderful hidden treasure from Central Europe named book of the year in The Times, Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph in the U.K. "A great novel . . . Antal Szerb belongs with the master novelists of the 20th century."—Paul Bailey, Daily Telegraph "No one... read more
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“The next day Mihály and the girl went for a long walk. They ate their fill of pasta in a modest village tavern, then lay down in a classical-looking wood and slept. When they awoke, Millicent observed: ‘There’s an Italian painter who painted trees just like these. What was his name?‘Botticelli,’ replied Mihály and kissed her.‘Ooooh,’ she said, with horror on her face. Then she kissed him back.”
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- Antal Szerb (Author)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 894.51133
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