Bibliograph

The enchanted night, selected tales, Miklós Bánffy ; translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix

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The enchanted night, selected tales, Miklós Bánffy ; translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The enchanted night

Oclc number

1153063489

Responsibility statement

Miklós Bánffy ; translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix

Sub title

selected tales

Summary

Transporting stories of intrigue, superstition and rivalry from a European master, in English for the first time.. In this stark, haunting collection, Miklós Bánffy narrates with wry wisdom stories of cunning, betrayal and myth ranging from classical antiquity to the Transylvania of his own day. These are communities of sharp rivalries and religious superstition: young Borbálka, about to marry an unsuitable man, receives strange counsel from a suspicious figure in her village four men seek to exploit the captive Gavrila Lung for money, while mountain wolves howl in the distance when Old Damaskin betrays his stepson to hold on to his land, his wife extracts bizarre revenge.. Translated into English for the first time by the award-winning Len Rix, this collection further establishes Bánffy as one of the foremost European writers of the twentieth century

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