{"product_id":"metropolebooks","title":"Metropole","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A Central European classic to be discovered and relished.”—Eva Hoffman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A stunning novel. Funny, nightmarish and jubilant.”—\u003ci\u003eLibération\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Although it took almost 40 years for\u003ci\u003eMetropole\u003c\/i\u003e to be translated into English, the book holds up well. In the same way that Kafka becomes relevant again every time you renew your driver's license, Karinthy captures that enduring, horrifying and exhilarating state of being at the mercy of an unfamiliar land.\"—Jessa Crispin for NPR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“I don’t know when I’ve read a more perfect novel-a dynamically helpless hero (in the line of Kafka), and a gorgeous spiral of action, nothing spare, nothing wrong, inventive and without artifice.”—Michael Hoffman in\u003ci\u003eTLS Books of the Year 2009\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBudai finds himself in a strange city where he can’t understand a word anyone says. One claustrophobic day blurs into another as he desperately struggles to survive in this vastly overpopulated metropolis where there are as many languages as there are people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetropole\u003c\/i\u003e is a suspenseful and haunting Hungarian classic, and a vision of hell unlike any previously imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFerenc Karinthy\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Budapest in 1921. He was a translator and editor, as well as an award-winning novelist, playwright, and journalist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Karinthy, Ferenc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":44043450712288,"sku":"","price":9.9,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fbe4761a-cc89-4792-af7e-0d44af5013e6.jpg?v=1686067862","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/metropolebooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}