
Postcard from London
And Other Stories
Ivan Mandy(Author)
Seagull Books London Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 15. September 2021
Book
Hardback
356 pages
978-0-85742-886-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Greenford
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
668 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85742-886-8 (9780857428868)
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Persons
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.
Content
Abandoned
Afternoon Sleeper
Autobiography
Cabana Mosquitoes
A Character out of Chekhov
A Corner of the Table
The Day of Glory
A Dream
Fabulya's Wives
Furniture at Night
God
A Grand Old Cafe
In a Drafty Staircase
In Place of a Foreword
Marlene Dietrich
Message
The Morning of the Journey
The Night Before the Journey
On a Streetcar
The Original
Ottlik
Pebble
Postcard from London
Snotty Ghost
The Sweet Smell of Success
A Vestibule
The Veteran
A Visit with Father
A Visit with Mother
A Wedding
What Was Left
Women's Locker Room
Words About an Uncle
Afternoon Sleeper
Autobiography
Cabana Mosquitoes
A Character out of Chekhov
A Corner of the Table
The Day of Glory
A Dream
Fabulya's Wives
Furniture at Night
God
A Grand Old Cafe
In a Drafty Staircase
In Place of a Foreword
Marlene Dietrich
Message
The Morning of the Journey
The Night Before the Journey
On a Streetcar
The Original
Ottlik
Pebble
Postcard from London
Snotty Ghost
The Sweet Smell of Success
A Vestibule
The Veteran
A Visit with Father
A Visit with Mother
A Wedding
What Was Left
Women's Locker Room
Words About an Uncle