April 12, 2024
1930S HUNGARY HUNGARIAN FERENC MOLNAR KETTEN BESZELNEK FIRST EDITION BUDAPEST
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From the 1930s, this is a first edition in Hungarian published in Budapest. Ferenc Molnar's Ketten Beszelnek (Tarcak, Rajzok), Masodik Kiadas. Published in Budapest at Franklin Tarsulat Kiadasa. Bound in handsome period cloth, 208 pages. Great condition.Ferenc Molnár (born Ferenc Neumann, 12 January 1878 -- 1 April 1952, anglicized as Franz Molnar) was a Hungarian-born author, stage-director, dramatist, and poet, widely regarded as Hungary's most celebrated and controversial playwrights. His primary aim through his writing was to entertain by transforming his personal experiences into literary works of art. He was never connected to any one literary movement but he did utilize the precepts of Naturalism, Neo-Romanticism, Expressionism, and the Freudian psychoanalytical concepts, but only as long as they suited his desires. "By fusing the realistic narrative and stage tradition of Hungary with Western influences into a cosmopolitan amalgam, Molnár emerged as a versatile artist whose style was uniquely his own."As a novelist, Molnár may best be remembered for The Paul Street Boys, the story of two rival gangs of youths in Budapest. It has been translated into fourteen languages and adapted for the stage and film. It has been considered a masterpiece by many. It was, however, as a playwright that he made his greatest contribution and
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