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Thomas Mann: The Magic Mountain

May 1, 2026December 26, 2025 by Trevor Berrett

What a happy accident reading Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain as I read the final volume of In Search of Lost Time. What a remarkable book, and I absolutely loved John E. Woods’s translation.

Categories Book Reviews Tags 1920s, 1924 3 Comments

Dezsö Kosztolányi: Skylark

June 9, 2016April 19, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Dezsö Kosztolányi’s 1924 novel, Skylark, translated from the Hungarian by Richard Aczel. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Dezsö Kosztolányi Tags 1920s, 1924, Hungarian, NYRB Classics 13 Comments
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