Skylark (New York Review Books Classics)

Skylark (New York Review Books Classics)
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It is 1900, give or take a few years. The Vajkaysâ€”call them Mother and Fatherâ€”live in SÃ¡rszeg, 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 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, itâ€™s true, but a week that yawns endlessly for her parents. What will they do? Before they know it, they are eating at restaurants, reconnecting with old friends, attending the theater. And this is just a prelude to Fatherâ€™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, buried, unspeakable feelings about Skylark.

Then, Skylark is back. Is there a world beyond the daily grind and life's creeping disappointments? KosztolÃ¡nyiâ€™s crystalline prose, perfect comic timing, and profound human sympathy conjure up a tantalizing beauty that lies on the far side of the irredeemably ordinary. To that extent, Skylark is nothing less than a magical book.
Country USA
Brand Frances Lincoln
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781590173398
Color Tan
ReleaseDate 2010-03-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781590173398

Country	USA
Brand	Frances Lincoln
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781590173398
Color	Tan
ReleaseDate	2010-03-02
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781590173398

Skylark (New York Review Books Classics)

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