The Withering World: First English Translation (Hardcover) by Sándor Márai, Peter V. Czipott, John Ridland

9781847493316. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Although he is now mostly remembered as a novelist, it is as a poet and a translator of poetry that S�ndor M�rai - the acclaimed author of 'Embers' and 'Conversations in Bolzano' - first made his name in the literary world. This collection, the first and only edition of M�rai's poems in the English language - here presented in John M. Rudland'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.