The final part of Banffy's trilogy reflects the rapidly disintegrating course of events in Central Europe. In the foreground the lives of Balint, with his ultimately unhappy love for Adrienne, and his fatally flawed cousin, Laszlo Gyeroffy, who dies in poverty and neglect, are told with humour and a bitter-sweet nostalgia for a paradise lost through folly. The sinister and fast...(展开全部)

Volume III of the Banffy Trilogy details events in Montenegro, the Balkan wars and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand as the youth of Hungary march gayly off not only to their death on the field of battle, but to the dismemberement of their once great country,

米克洛什•班菲Miklós Bánffy（1873—1950） 出身于特兰西瓦尼亚的匈牙利贵族世家，曾担任外交官、国会议员和匈牙利外交部长。1916年，他负责策划侄子——哈布斯堡王朝最后一位君主卡尔一世的加冕典礼。1921—1922年，他参加过争取匈牙利加入国际联盟的谈判。 班菲伯爵既是目光长远的政治家，也是学识渊博的艺术家、小说家。他不仅无惧当时的社会压力，迎娶演员为妻，第一次世界大战期间，还主持了布达佩斯国家剧院。1926年，他结束在布达佩斯的公众生活，定居班菲家族的邦齐达堡。从那以后直到去世，他都全身心地投入到文学和艺术创作中，并创办出版社，鼓励和帮助年轻作家们写作。 班菲伯爵一生著作颇丰，而最为经典隽永的，便是这套奥匈帝国命运三部曲。 . 英文版译者 帕特里克•瑟斯菲尔德Patrick Thursfield 生于1923年，曾就读于查特豪斯公...(展开全部)

The tale of the two Transylvanian cousins, their loves, and their very different fortunes continues in this second volume of the Transylvanian trilogy. Balint Abady is forced to part from the beautiful and unhappily married Adrienne Uzdy, while Lazlo Gyeroffy is rapidly heading for self-destruction through excessive drinking and his own fecklessness. Politicians, quarreling amo...(展开全部)

Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.

“When this book was first published it received some attention from the critics but none at all from the public. Nazism was finished in the bunker in Berlin and its death warrant signed on the bench at Nuremberg.” That’s Milton Mayer, writing in a foreword to the 1966 edition of They Thought They Were Free. He’s right about the critics: the book was a finalist for the National...(展开全部)

“When this book was first published it received some attention from the critics but none at all from the public. Nazism was finished in the bunker in Berlin and its death warrant signed on the bench at Nuremberg.” That’s Milton Mayer, writing in a foreword to the 1966 edition of They Thought They Were Free. He’s right about the critics: the book was a finalist for the National...(展开全部)

"Among the many books written on Germany after the collapse of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich, this book by Milton Mayer is one of the most readable and most enlightening."--Hans Kohn, "New York Times Book Review " "It is a fascinating story and a deeply moving one. And it is a story that should make people pause and think--think not only about the Germans, but also about themse...(展开全部)

A House Divided , the third volume of the trilogy that began with The Good Earth and Sons , is a powerful portrayal of China in the midst of revolution. Wang Yuan is caught between the opposing ideas of different generations. After 6 years abroad, Yuan returns to China in the middle of a peasant uprising. His counsin is a captain in the revolutionary army, his sis...(展开全部)

A House Divided , the third volume of the trilogy that began with The Good Earth and Sons , is a powerful portrayal of China in the midst of revolution. Wang Yuan is caught between the opposing ideas of different generations. After 6 years abroad, Yuan returns to China in the middle of a peasant uprising. His counsin is a captain in the revolutionary army, his sis...(展开全部)