Gyula Krúdy is a marvelous writer who haunted the taverns of Budapest and lived on its streets while turning out a series of mesmerizing, revelatory novels that are among the masterpieces of modern literature. Krúdy conjures up a...
“While the Watchers from the Galactic Federation patiently await the verdict—freedom or quarantine for Earth—they review man’s reaction to three past crises.
“In The Martyr we have a portrait of a civilization on the brink of...