by Sándor Márai · Adelphi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845921834
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«L'isola» is the novel by Hungarian writer Sándor Márai, published by Adelphi in paperback, with 174 pages, in Italian.
Professor Victor Henrik Askenasi, on his way to Greece, stops in Dubrovnik (Ragusa in the 1930s), where a date with destiny awaits him. He seeks the answer to the question that led him to leave his wife and his chair of ancient Greek to run off with the Russian dancer Eliz. It explores destiny, love and the search for truth.
Originally published in 1930 as «A sziget», this 2007 Italian edition belongs to the Biblioteca Adelphi collection (number 511), with a translation by Laura Sgarioto.
For readers of European and introspective fiction, interested in Hungarian literature and the work of Sándor Márai.
Sándor Márai was a Hungarian writer, poet, and journalist.
