by Dezso Kosztolanyi · BOLSILLO BYBLOS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466628563
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«Alondra» is the novel by Hungarian writer Dezső Kosztolányi, published by Bolsillo Byblos in paperback (208 pages, in Spanish).
Alondra, the only unmarried daughter of the Vajkays, conditions the monotonous life of the household. When she leaves for a week with some uncles, her parents discover good food, friendship and music, and live days of unexpected joy. The absence of that plain young woman reveals how much she weighs on their lives and how much happiness lies in the everyday.
The work belongs to the Byblos collection and is translated from Hungarian by Judit Xantus; its original title is Pacsirta.
Recommended for readers of Central European twentieth-century fiction and of stories about family life and its routines.
Dezső Kosztolányi was a Hungarian writer, journalist, translator, and also a speaker of Esperanto. He wrote in all literary genres, from poetry to essays to theatre plays. Building his own style, he used French symbolism, impressionism, expressionism and psychological realism. He is considered the father of futurism in Hungarian literature.
