Life Is A Dream
Gyula Krudy, Gyula Krúdy
  • Published: 2 August 2010
  • ISBN: 9780141957234
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 240

Life Is A Dream

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'The story of his chronic stomach ailment was the story of his life. Yet all his livelong days he was obliged to bolt down the braised porkolt gravies, soupy goulashes and watery broths bathing the slabs of boiled beef served up by tavern kitchens everywhere.'

Life is a Dream (1931) is Gyula Krudy's magical collection of ten short stories. Creating a world where editors shoot themselves after a hard day's brunching, men attend duels incognito and lovers fall out over salad dressing, Life is a Dream is a comic, nostalgic, romantic and erotic glimpse into the Hungary of the early twentieth century. Focussing on the poor and dispossessed, these tales of love, food, death and sex are ironic and wise about the human condition and the futility of life, and display fully Krudy's wit and mastery of the form.
  • Published: 2 August 2010
  • ISBN: 9780141957234
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 240
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About the authors

Gyula Krudy

Gyula Krúdy (1878--1933) was born in Nyíregyháza. Publishing his first short story in 1893, he would become one of the most acclaimed figures of twentieth century Hungarian literature. A novelist, short story writer, and journalist, he published more than sixty novels, three thousand short stories, four plays, and more than one thousand newspapers articles. Winner of the Baumgarten Prize in 1930, he died in Budapest in 1933.

Praise for Life Is A Dream

Krudy writes of imaginary people, of imaginary events, in dream-like settings; but the spiritual essence of his persons and of their places is stunningly real

The New Yorker