A review by an_enthusiastic_reader
Skylark by Dezső Kosztolányi

5.0

Like the other NYRB Classic novels I have read, Skylark is more proof that this reading series is carefully curated. Though slight (just 220 pages), this mostly comic novel glimpses the secret and mysterious hearts of a mother, father, and their middle-aged, unmarried, unremarkable daughter. When she leaves for a one-week holiday, routines and long-held grudges break open, and as the parents venture from their home and participate in the comings and goings of old friends, we readers are given a column of light by which to see vibrant life in the casings of a provincial turn-of-the-century town.