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Translation and notes copyright © 1998 by Central European Classics Trust
Introduction copyright © 1998 by George Szirtes
All rights reserved.
First published in Hungarian as Szindbád Három Könyve, 1944
This translation first published in English by Central European University Press, 1998
The publishers would like to thank John E. Bowlt and The Vendome Press for their assistance in acquiring the cover image for this volume.
Cover photograph: Mak (Pavel Ivanov) and Elza Kruiger performing the tango, Moscow, 1913
Cover design: Katy Homans
The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier printing as follows:
Krúdy, Gyula.
[Szindbád English]
The adventures of Sindbad/by Gyula Krúdy; translated and with an introduction by George Szirtes.
Translation of: Szindbád.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-59017-445-6 (alk. paper)
1. Sindbad the Sailor (Legendary character)—Fiction. I. Szirtes, George, 1948–
PH3281.K89S9513 2011
894'.511332—dc22
2011012601
eISBN 978-1-59017-466-1
v1.0
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