{"product_id":"marginalia-on-casanova-paperback","title":"Marginalia on Casanova - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMiklós Szentkuthy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTim Wilkinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eZéno Bianu\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA philosopher in the guise of a rake. In this wild, dazzling work of literary reinvention, Hungarian modernist Miklós Szentkuthy uses Casanova's memoirs as a springboard for something far stranger: a swirling meditation on eros, memory, disguise, vanity, and the metaphysics of seduction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlending fiction, philosophy, and improvisation, Marginalia on Casanova is less a commentary than an ecstatic interruption--part reverie, part performance, part private theatre of ideas. Szentkuthy's prose is electric, erratic, and baroque, drawing comparisons to Joyce, Borges, and Pater, but like nothing else in modern literature. First published in 1939, it launched a one-man avant-garde in Budapest and remains one of the most intoxicating debuts of the twentieth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiklós Szentkuthy (1908-1988) was a Hungarian writer, translator, and literary visionary whose work defied categories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMixing philosophy, fiction, and autobiography, he created one of the most ambitious and idiosyncratic bodies of work in 20th-century European literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBest known for his St. Orpheus Breviary and Marginalia on Casanova, Szentkuthy wrote with baroque intensity, intellectual playfulness, and a fearless disregard for convention.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 7.72 x 4.92 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48261448925405,"sku":"9781967751273","price":51.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/faB1XliDVt9781967751273.webp?v=1785076800","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/marginalia-on-casanova-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}