Book description
Life is a Dream (1931) is Gyula Krudy?s magical collection of ten short
stories. Creating a world where editors shoot themselves after a hard
day?s brunching, men attend duels incognito and lovers fall out over
salad dressing, Life is a Dream is a comic, nostalgic, romantic and
erotic glimpse into the Hungary of the early twentieth century.
Focussing on the poor and dispossessed, these tales of love, food, death
and sex are ironic and wise about the human condition and the futility
of life, and display fully Krudy?s wit and mastery of the form. Krudy
writes of imaginary people, of imaginary events, in dream-like settings;
but the spiritual essence of his persons and of their places is
stunningly real Gyula Kr dy (1878-1933) is a much-loved and admired
Hungarian writer. He spent much of his life in Budapest and wrote many
stories about the alcoholic and erotic possibilities of the city in its
heyday, possibilities which he himself lived to the full. His most
famous books in English are
The Adventures of Sindbad
and Life is a Dream
.
