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02171aam a2200421 a 4500 001 D42C9AFEEE4E11E0BFB3B9EB6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20111004010313 008 101129s2011 nyu 000 f eng 010 $a 2010048874 020 $a 0811218430 (paperbook : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780811218436 (paperbook : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)601107740 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d JTB $d VP@ $d BWX $d CDX $d DRB $d AU@ $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h hun 050 00 $a PH3281.K85 $b E6713 2011 082 00 $a 894/.51133 $2 22 100 1 $a KosztolaÌnyi, DezsoÌ, $d 1885-1936. 240 10 $a Esti KorneÌl. $l English 245 1 $a KorneÌl Esti / $c DezsoÌ KosztolaÌnyi ; translated by Bernard Adams. 260 $a New York : $b New Directions, $c 2011. 300 $a 233 p. ; $c 21 cm. 500 $a "New Directions paperbook original (NDP 1194)"--T.p. verso. 546 $a Translated from the Hungarian. 520 $a Crazy, funny and gorgeously dark, The Adventures of Kornel Esti sets into rollicking action a series of adventures about a man and his wicked doppleganger, who breathes every forbidden idea of his childhood into his ear, and then reappears decades later. Part Gogol, part Chekhov, and all brilliance, Kosztolanyi 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? 650 0 $a Self-perception $v Fiction. 650 0 $a DoppelgaÌngers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Authorship $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Black humor. 650 0 $a Autobiographical fiction. 650 0 $a Psychological fiction. 655 7 $a Black humor (Literature). $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Autobiographical fiction. $2 gsafd 700 1 $a Adams, Bernard. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180105033943.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825083322.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D42C9AFEEE4E11E0BFB3B9EB6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search