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The cover of the first edition of Prae (1934) Continuing on with articles from the current Hyperion issue (mentioned here, there is a lengthy excerpt of the third chapter of Contra Mundum Press’ upcoming release of Miklós Szentkuthy’s Prae, translated by Tim Willkinson. In a post last fall I highlighted another Hyperion article by Filip […]
Cover of Hyperion Volume VIII, No. 1 (spring 2014)Contra Mundum Press’ online magazine, Hyperion, has a new issue available! I’ll post on a few of the articles over the next week. The first article I want to mention is three short pieces by Robert Musil, all translated by Genese Grill. The first piece is “The […]
The cover of the first edition of Prae (1934) This will be my final post devoted to notes and quotes on the Hyperion issue devoted to Miklós Szentkuthy. Filip Sikorski’s “Introductory Remarks on Miklós Szentkuthy’s Prae” provides a synopsis of the novel, looks at its main themes, investigates how it can be read non-linearly, and […]
Continuing with my notes and quotes on the Hyperion issue devoted to Miklós Szentkuthy… I’m not going to post much about István Vas’ article “Miklós Szentkuthy: a True Avant-Gardist”, although I do recommend reading it for his insight into the author and his work. I will draw attention to this extended quote since it highlights […]
Photo by András Szebeni Picture sourceIn my previous post on a collection of Szentkuthy links, I mentioned the Hyperion issue, devoted to Szentkuthy. Three articles have “mask” in the title (and other articles mention the word, too): “Masks Behind Masks: A Portrait of Miklós Szentkuthy” by András Nagy, “Behind the Mask and Under the Surface: […]