They Were Found Wanting and They Were Divided

The liberal hero, Balint, is at odds with the politics of his time; he describes the idyllic pre-industrial world of Hungarian Transylvania, later to fall into the hands of first the Nazis and then the Communists, his love for Adrienne, married to an unpleasant and dangerous lunatic, and a Proustian society helplessly bent on its own destruction.

Eroul liberal, Balint, este in dezacord cu politica vremii sale; el descrie lumea idilica preindustriala a Transilvaniei maghiare, care va cadea mai tarziu in mainile nazistilor si apoi ale comunistilor, dragostea lui pentru Adrienne, casatorita cu un nebun neplacut si periculos, si o societate proustiana aplecata neputincios pe propria sa distrugere. .