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They Were Counted (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: European) (Paperback)

by Miklos Banffy (Author), Patrick Thursfield (Translator), Kathy Banffy- Jelen (Translator) "THE RADIANT AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT of early September was so brilliant that it still seemed like summer ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 624 pages
  • Publisher: Arcadia Books (9 Feb 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 190085015X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1900850155
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.8 x 5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,617 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Paints an unrivalled portrait of the vanished world of pre-1914 Hungary, as seen through the eyes of two young aristocratic Transylvanian cousins. Against a backdrop of grand shooting parties, turbulent scenes in Parliament and the luxury of life where good manners cloak indifference and brutality, is set the plight of exploited Romanian peasants.


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Shooting parties in great country houses, turbulent scenes in parliament and the luxury life in Budapest provide the backdrop for this gripping, prescient novel, forming a chilling indictment of upper-class frivolity and political folly in which good manners cloak indifference and brutality. Abady becomes aware of the plight of a group of Romanian mountain peasants and champions their cause, while Gyeroffy dissipates his resources at the gaming tables, mirroring the decline of the Austro-Hungarian empire itself.
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