They Were Divided
- ISBN-10
- 191005092X
- ISBN-13
- 9781910050927
- Category
- Historical fiction
- Pages
- 450
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-09-08
- Publisher
- writing on the wall
- Author
- Miklós Bánffy
Description
They Were Divided reflects the rapidly disintegrating course of events in central Europe on the eve of WWI. A literary masterpiece, in the foreground, it tells the story of Balint and his flawed cousin, Laszlo Gyeroffy, told with humour and bittersweet nostalgia for a paradise lost through folly. In the background, the sinister and fast-moving events in the Balkans eventually not only lead to a horrific war, but also to the complete dismemberment of their once-great country.
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