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Adventures of Sindbad by Gyula Krúdy
bookshelves: hungary, books-with-a-passport, translation, winter-20102011, paper-read, published-1911
Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Pressie from Team Moxysox xxx
Read from February 03 to 17, 2011
The 'Not a Christmas present' gift!
First sentence is enough to indicate just why Krúdy is a favourite with those who like a smidgeon of artistic genius dusted over their reading matter.
Once upon a damp and moonlit night a man with greying hair was watching the autumn mist form figures of chimney-sweeps on the rooftops.
Translated with an introduction and notes by George Szirtes.
Loved the mistletoe sequence in particular and all of the quirky adventures in general. One must treasure possessions as if they are ones very own admirers.
Sunflower (1918) - 5*
Adventures of Sinbad (1911) - 3.5*
Once upon a damp and moonlit night a man with greying hair was watching the autumn mist form figures of chimney-sweeps on the rooftops.
Translated with an introduction and notes by George Szirtes.
Loved the mistletoe sequence in particular and all of the quirky adventures in general. One must treasure possessions as if they are ones very own admirers.
Sunflower (1918) - 5*
Adventures of Sinbad (1911) - 3.5*
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