Crazy, funny and gorgeously dark, Kornél Esti sets into rollicking action a series of adventures about a man and his wicked dopplegänger, who breathes every forbidden idea of his childhood into his ear, and then reappears decades later.

Part Gogol, part Chekhov, and all brilliance, Kosztolányi in his final book serves up his most magical, radical, and intoxicating work. Here is a novel which inquires: What if your id (loyally keeping your name) decides to strike out on its own, cuts a disreputable swath through the world, and then sends home to you all its unpaid bills and ruined maidens? And then: What if you and your alter ego decide to write a book together?

作者简介

科斯托拉尼∙德若（Kosztolányi Dezső）,1885年出生在苏博蒂察（现塞尔维亚境内）,1936年病故于布达佩斯,诗人,作家,记者,多语种翻译家,20世纪匈牙利现代文学先锋和旗帜人物,受到同时代人托马斯∙曼公开称赞,亦对后世作家影响巨大。

科斯托拉尼因诗歌成名,1920年代开始尝试长篇小说,1922到1926年间连续出版《尼禄,嗜血诗人》《云雀》《金色风筝》《甜妹安娜》4部长篇。1928年后他转向短篇,围绕人物“艾希蒂∙科尔内尔”的短篇小说集在1933年问世。艾希蒂∙科尔内尔的人物形象被视作匈牙利乃至中欧文学的现代堂吉诃德,也曾对达尼洛∙契什、米兰∙昆德拉产生过启发。

译者简介

汪玮,1982年出生在安徽省潜山县,2002年毕业于北京外国语大学法语系,通晓英法意西葡匈等多门欧洲语言。2003年赴欧,2005年获欧盟奖学金攻读传媒、传播与新闻法意双语硕士。长期担任自由撰稿人、2014年开始尝试文学翻译,专注于科斯托拉尼及其同时代作家。