| Description |
xv, 222 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN |
9781590173398 paperback : alkaline paper |
| Note |
First translated: London : Chatto & Windus, 1993. |
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First published in Hungarian as Pacsirta, 1924. |
| Summary |
It is 1900, give or take a few years. The Vajkays live in Sárszeg, a dead-end burg in the provincial heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Father retired some years ago to devote his days to genealogical research and quaint questions of heraldry. Mother keeps house. Both are utterly enthralled with their daughter, Skylark. Unintelligent, unimaginative, unattractive, and unmarried, Skylark cooks and sews for her parents and anchors the unremitting tedium of their lives. Now Skylark is going away, for one week only, but a week that yawns endlessly for her parents. What will they do? Before they know it, they are eating at restaurants, reconnecting with old friends, attending the theater. Then, Skylark is back. Is there a world beyond the daily grind and life's creeping disappointments? |
| Note |
English; Translated from the Hungarian. |
| Series |
New York Review book.
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| Library Class |
Gen Lang KD1281K67P2E
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| Subject |
Parent and adult child -- Fiction.
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| Other Author |
Aczel, Richard, translator.
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Esterházy, Péter, 1950- author of introduction, etc.
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Central European Classics, publisher.
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