Originally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisitely structured novel by the Hungarian master Sandor Marai conjures the melancholy glamour of a decayin…
By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution. For Albert Camus, the urge to revolt is one of the "essential dimensions" of human nature…
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When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partner, his jealousy consumes him and drives him to murder. Controversial upon publication in 1890, The Kr…
Tres voces, tres puntos de vista, tres sensibilidades diferentes para desentrañar una historia de pasión, mentiras, traición y crueldad concebida por Sándor Márai en los años cuarenta, los años de El …
Written in Greek by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, without any intention of publication, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual refle…
A major classic of 1930s literature, Antal Szerb's Journey by Moonlight (Utas és Holdvilág) is the fantastically moving and darkly funny story of a bourgeois businessman torn between duty and desire.
In this dark and compelling short novel, Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. Alexey tries to break through the wall…
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A Metafizika című könyv szerkezete azon az ismereten alapul, hogy a transzcendensre vonatkozó tudás nem lineárisan, hanem koncentrikusan épül fel. A szerző a magyar ábécé huszonkét betűjével huszonkét…
Az immár klasszikusnak számító könyv Weöres Sándor prózai írásait tartalmazza, amelyeket Hamvas Béla ihletésére harmincegy éves korában írt. „E könyv arra szolgál, hogy a lélek harmóniáit megismerhesd,…
