false 114358 5 <div>"Lukacs's book is a lyrical, sometimes dazzling, never merely nostalgic evocation of a glorious period in the city's history. . . . {His} true sympathy lies . . . not with the famous expatriates, but with the writers and intellectuals who lived and died at home: the poets Endre Ady and Mihaly Babits; the novelists Ferenc Herczeg, Sandor Hunyady, Frigyes Karinthy, Dezso Kosztolanyi, Gyula Krudy, Kalman Mikszath, and Zsigmond Moricz; the political essayist DezsoSzabo; the playwright Erno Szep; the literary historian Antal Szerb; and others. . . . {John Lukacs} sets out to explain Hungarian literature to English-speaking readers. Though I have no idea whether or not he will succeed, few interpreters of Hungarian literature have made a more touching and eloquent attempt." -- The New York Review of Books</div> 1079543 1988 Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture total:32|5:7|4:15|3:8|2:2| 32 123 52 7 3 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 13:14:29 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 13:12:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 18:31:36 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 19:00:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Dec 21 03:00:49 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 16 22:43:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Tue Sep 25 00:47:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 00:50:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 01:31:41 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 01:32:52 -0700 2007 www.delta.com/challenge - team name "AWESOMEST BROTHERS") This book was fairly dull and mostly a pain to read. It provided some pleasant and interesting moments, but if I wasn't traveling to Budapest as I read it, I doubt t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 02 11:27:29 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 11:27:29 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sun Nov 16 16:30:50 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 16:30:58 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 14:28:04 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 14:28:04 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 20 05:57:39 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 05:57:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 11 01:51:53 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 01:51:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 10 11:08:38 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 11:08:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 25 14:29:22 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 14:29:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 17 22:05:11 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 22:05:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 12 01:15:12 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 01:15:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 06 07:20:13 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 07:20:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 05 11:13:39 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 11:13:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 22 01:22:21 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 01:22:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Apr 14 07:07:50 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 07:07:50 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 29 15:35:34 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 15:35:34 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 01:22:09 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 01:22:11 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=114358