The distinguished Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy was sitting in a Budapest caf???, wondering whether to write a long-planned monograph on modern man or a new play, when he was disturbed by the roaring--so loud as to drown out all other noises--of a passing train. Soon it was gone, only to be succeeded by another. And another. Strange, Karinthy thought, it had been years since Budapest had streetcars. Only then did he realize he was suffering from an auditory hallucination of extraordinary intensity. What in fact ...
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The distinguished Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy was sitting in a Budapest caf???, wondering whether to write a long-planned monograph on modern man or a new play, when he was disturbed by the roaring--so loud as to drown out all other noises--of a passing train. Soon it was gone, only to be succeeded by another. And another. Strange, Karinthy thought, it had been years since Budapest had streetcars. Only then did he realize he was suffering from an auditory hallucination of extraordinary intensity. What in fact Karinthy was suffering from was a brain tumor, not cancerous but hardly benign, though it was only much later--after spells of giddiness, fainting fits, friends remarking that his handwriting had altered, and books going blank before his eyes--that he consulted a doctor and embarked on a series of examinations that would lead to brain surgery. Karinthy's description of his descent into illness and his observations of his symptoms, thoughts, and feelings, as well as of his friends' and doctors' varied responses to his predicament, are exact and engrossing and entirely free of self-pity. A Journey Round My Skull is not only an extraordinary piece of medical testimony, but a powerful work of literature--one that dances brilliantly on the edge of extinction.
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NY 1939 first edition in English. Harper. Hardcover octavo. 288p. Memoir of brain tumor and experience of surgery while remaining awake. Near Fine, end papers toned. in Fair, worn and chipped dj. price not clipped. Translated from Hungarian.
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new york review of books has quite a catalog of beautiful titles and this one sticks out for a number of reasons. i'll judge it by its cover, that alone is worth the buy, but in seriousness, the book itself is a wonderful treatise on the human condition. karinthy gives us a detached kind of humor in the face of uncertainty and suffering. he writes simple, elegant prose and there are lines in this book, reflective and heartbreaking, that will stick with you long after you've finished reading.
remy
Sep 25, 2008
Wonderful, unusual book
Read it as a child. Bought it for a friend, who loved it. Thank you for locating and mailing the novel.
