A Journey Round my Skull (Bluebird Reader's Academy Book 3)
Book Details
Author(s)
Frigyes Karinthy
Publisher
Akadémiai Kiadó
ISBN / ASIN
B008HJH3HY
ISBN-13
978B008HJH3H1
Sales Rank
#884,677
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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About the Author
Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938) was a Hungarian journalist, dramatist, short story writer, poet and translator. He practically wrote in every possible genre, but was most prolific as a journalist, and published more than five thou sand articles.
Although he never received a college or university degree, he was always keen on new scientific findings, which is reflected in many of his works.
His first literary success was The Way You Write (Ãgy Ãrtok ti), a volume containing stylistic parodies of his contemporary fellow writers published in 1912.
He translated several well-known literary pieces of which the most famous is probably his version of Winnie-the-Pooh.
His friendship with Dezső Kosztolányi was legendary, and was the source of several humorous stories.
He married twice and had two sons, Gábor Karinthy (poet) and Ferenc Karinthy (writer).
About the Title
A Journey Round My Skull (Utazás a koponyám körül) is probably Karinthy’s most popular novel and tells the story of how the author found out about the tumour that developed in his brain, and the personal experiences, medical examinations and the subsequent operation he went through in 1936.
Since the work might be read as a detailed case study it became popular amongst surgeons and physicians not only in Hungary, but abroad as well.
A film adaptation of the novel was directed by György Révész in 1970 starring Zoltán Latinovits as Karinthy.
About the Series
Our series features the translations of well-known and popular Hungarian literary works on three language proficiency levels.
When retelling the stories we followed the guidelines of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, and paid equal attention to keep the spell of the original works. The readings are supplemented by a glossary and activities.
We recommend these titles to those who are taking a school leaving or language proficiency exam, who read for the pleasure of reading, or who wish to be able to talk about Hungarian literary masterpieces in English.
Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938) was a Hungarian journalist, dramatist, short story writer, poet and translator. He practically wrote in every possible genre, but was most prolific as a journalist, and published more than five thou sand articles.
Although he never received a college or university degree, he was always keen on new scientific findings, which is reflected in many of his works.
His first literary success was The Way You Write (Ãgy Ãrtok ti), a volume containing stylistic parodies of his contemporary fellow writers published in 1912.
He translated several well-known literary pieces of which the most famous is probably his version of Winnie-the-Pooh.
His friendship with Dezső Kosztolányi was legendary, and was the source of several humorous stories.
He married twice and had two sons, Gábor Karinthy (poet) and Ferenc Karinthy (writer).
About the Title
A Journey Round My Skull (Utazás a koponyám körül) is probably Karinthy’s most popular novel and tells the story of how the author found out about the tumour that developed in his brain, and the personal experiences, medical examinations and the subsequent operation he went through in 1936.
Since the work might be read as a detailed case study it became popular amongst surgeons and physicians not only in Hungary, but abroad as well.
A film adaptation of the novel was directed by György Révész in 1970 starring Zoltán Latinovits as Karinthy.
About the Series
Our series features the translations of well-known and popular Hungarian literary works on three language proficiency levels.
When retelling the stories we followed the guidelines of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, and paid equal attention to keep the spell of the original works. The readings are supplemented by a glossary and activities.
We recommend these titles to those who are taking a school leaving or language proficiency exam, who read for the pleasure of reading, or who wish to be able to talk about Hungarian literary masterpieces in English.
