Miklós Szentkuthy

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 —...