Song of the Wheatfields
New York: Brewer & Warren, Inc., 1930. First Edition in English, First Printing. Octavo, 283 pages, publisher's original pictorial dust jacket with the original price unclipped. Publisher's original brown cloth covered boards. Song of the Wheatfields is the first English-language edition of Ferenc Móra’s Hungarian novel Ének a búzamezőkről, translated by George Halasz and published in New York by Brewer & Warren in 1930. Móra, one of the major Hungarian literary figures of the early 20th century, was known for his sympathetic portrayals of ordinary people, rural life, and the social pressures facing Hungary in the modern era. This novel is a richly human story of Hungarian peasant life, centered on the land, village society, hardship, emigration, war, and the emotional bonds between people and the soil they work. Issued here in its 1930 “First Printing” and preserved in the original dust jacket, the book is an appealing example of interwar European literature in translation, with interest for collectors of Hungarian literature, Depression-era literary fiction, rural and agrarian novels, immigrant themes, and scarce jacketed first editions. A few small rips to the otherwise nice dust jacket. Minimal rubbing and wear, minor discoloration, else in very good + condition. Item #358
Price: $500.00