Marginalia On Casanova
$62.21
- Paperback
360 pages
- Release Date
18 July 2026
Summary
A philosopher in the guise of a rake. In this wild, dazzling work of literary reinvention, Hungarian modernist Miklós Szentkuthy uses Casanova’s memoirs as a springboard for something far stranger: a swirling meditation on eros, memory, disguise, vanity, and the metaphysics of seduction.
Blending fiction, philosophy, and improvisation, Marginalia on Casanova is less a commentary than an ecstatic interruption—part reverie, part performance, part private theatre of ideas. Szentkuthy’s p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781967751273 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1967751277 |
| Author: | Miklós Szentkuthy, Tim Wilkinson, Zéno Bianu |
| Publisher: | ERIS |
| Imprint: | ERIS |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Release Date: | 18 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 28g |
| Dimensions: | 124mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Critical Century |
Critics Review
Open your minds, then, to the European enlightenment, sit back and let this exquisitely thought-provoking book seep into you. – Nicholas Lezard * The Guardian *
Miklós Szentkuthy
Miklós Szentkuthy (1908–1988) was a Hungarian writer, translator, and literary visionary whose work defied categories.
Mixing philosophy, fiction, and autobiography, he created one of the most ambitious and idiosyncratic bodies of work in 20th-century European literature.
Best known for his St. Orpheus Breviary and Marginalia on Casanova, Szentkuthy wrote with baroque intensity, intellectual playfulness, and a fearless disregard for convention.
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