num_pages: 409
description: Mr Jkai (1825-1904) was the first Hungarian novelist to achieve world fame. The Man with the Golden Touch was published in several foreign languages in his lifetime appearing in more than one English edition under the title Tmr's Two Worlds and in the U.S.A. as Modern Midas.Set in a small town on the DanubeKomromwhere Jkai had spent his childhood in the early years of the nineteenth century it is the story of Mihly Timr. Chance brings him into a fabulous fortune and from then on he succeeds in all ventures he undertakes and everything he touches turns to gold: his only failure and one which comes to turn his riches to dross is his marriage. In his search for happiness he comes to hate his wealth. He finally escapes from his double life and finds refuge on a wild island in the Danube where the love of a young girl Nomi gives real meaning to his existence.The Man with the Golden Touch is a jewel of both Hungarian and world literature and is indeed one of the most beautiful romantic novels. [Corvina Press 1963 edition; inside book cover]
language: English
title: The Man with the Golden Touch
publisher: Corvina