Sunflower

Gyula Kr#250;dy is a marvelous writer who haunted the taverns of Budapest and lived on its streets while turning out a series of mesmerizing, revelatory novels that are among the masterpieces of modern literature. Kr#250;dy conjures up a world that is entirely his own#8212;dreamy, macabre, comic, and erotic#8212;where urbane sophistication can erupt without warning into passion and madness.pIn iSunflower/i young Eveline leaves the city and returns to her country estate to escape the memory of her desperate love for the unscrupulous charmer K#225;lm#225;n. There she encounters the melancholy #193;lmos-Dreamer, who is languishing for love of her, and is visited by the bizarre and beautiful Miss Maszker#225;di, a woman who is a force of nature. The plot twists and turns; elemental myth mingles with sheer farce#58; Kr#250;dy brilliantly illuminates the shifting contours and acid colors of the landscape of desire.pJohn B#225;tki#8217;s outstanding translation of iSunflower/i is the perfect introduction to the world of Gyula Kr#250;dy, a genius as singular as Robert Walser, Bruno Schulz, or Joseph Roth.