The withering world (Dual language edition.)

Although he is now mostly remembered as a novelist, it is as a poet and translator of poetry that Sandor Marai first made his name in the literary world.

This collection - here presented in John Ridland's and Peter V.

Czipott's brilliant verse translation - offers a comprehensive selection spanning the author's whole career and exemplifying his mastery of what he considered to be the highest form of literary expression.