Miklós Bánffy

In this stark, haunting collection, Miklós Bánffy narrates with wry wisdom stories of cunning, betrayal, and myth ranging from classical antiquity to the Transylvania of his own day. These are communities of sharp rivalries and religious superstition: young Borbalka, about to marry an unsuitable man, receives strange counsel from a suspicious figure in her village; four men seek to exploit...