Re: Szerb Antal
Antal Szerb is a true master. Seemingly out of nowhere, this year he became one of my favorite authors.
I highly recommend the Pendragon Legend. The zippy, genre-book mash-ups made me anticipate a satisfying conclusion, which it doesn't really have, so try not to read it that way. My recommendation is to just savor the humor and wonderful writing. I still think about all the wild characters too.
I made it half-way through Journey By Moonlight before getting side-tracked, but this is in no way a reflection of its merit. For me, it hits way higher emotionally than Pendragon Legend.
Interestingly, I have a gigantic textbook on Hungarian Lit., and Szerb is not even given his own entry. I don't know if this has to do with politics, his obscurity at the time, or some other reason (in my opinion it's a real long shot that all the authors in the textbook could be better writers).
I hadn't known of his horrible death and am very sad to hear it.
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