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"The Heavenly Advocate" – Kosztolányi’s short novel in English

"The Heavenly Advocate" – Kosztolányi’s short novel in English

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"The Heavenly Advocate" – Kosztolányi’s Unforgettable Cry Against Betrayal

Today, on Hungary’s Day of National Unity, I’m sharing my refined English translation of The Heavenly Advocate by Kosztolányi Dezső—a searing 1920 short novel about Trianon’s trauma. Far from a gentle lament, this story ends with a thunderclap of fury: a condemnation of the elites…

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