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Patrick Thursfield and Katalin Bánffy-Je

Translations by Patrick Thursfield and Katalin Bánffy-Je

They Were Counted. Book 1. The Writing on the Wall : The Transylvanian Trilogy [Buy Direct]

by Miklos Banffy
Translated by Patrick Thursfield and Katalin Bánffy-Je
Original title: Erdélyi Tortenét

One of the marks of a successful novel must be the author’s ability to draw us into his world. Miklós Bánffy triumphantly pulls off this feat in his The Writing on the Wall, also known as The Transylvanian Trilogy, (more...)

They Were Divided [Buy Direct]

by Miklos Banffy
Translated by Patrick Thursfield and Katalin Bánffy-Je

The third volume of The Writing on the Wall is considerably shorter than the first two: the pace accelerates as the headlong rush to the tragedy of World War One begins. And the mood becomes elegiac. (more...)

They Were Found Wanting [Buy Direct]

by Miklos Banffy
Translated by Patrick Thursfield and Katalin Bánffy-Je

Book Two of The Writing on the Wall opens a couple of years after the end of Book One, with Balint Abady back in Budapest and heavily involved in his work as an independent member of parliament. (more...)

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