Thursday 9 April 2009

To London for Márai


The Hungarian Cultural Centre are showing the film version of Esther's Inheritance, one of the books I translated that is out currently. Great cast in the film, with one of the wonders and shining beauties of Hungarian cinema, Mari Töröcsik...









... as the old housekeeper / relative. In most films worth watching. It doesn't matter what age she is, one always falls in love with her.

I am to conduct a half hour or so of conversation with the critic and dramatist John Spurling. Excerpts from the book (in English) read by Kristina Erdélyi.

Now dashing off to do just that.



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