Издания и произведения

On the vast canvas that is the Transylvanian Trilogy, Count Miklós Bánffy paints the picture of an age: pre-Great War Hungary, where a priveledged social elite dance, dream, desire, debate, and duel away their days, only dimly aware that their opulent world - and the whole Austro-Hungarian Empire - is on the brink of collapse. In the foreground are two young aristocratic cousins. Bàlint Abady enters the circus of Budapest politics with a determination to be 'useful', and works hard to improve the lot of Romanian peasants on his estate. He brings a similar persistence to his emotional life, and his tormented affair with Adrienne, wife of the…