Hedgehog-like attorney
This is from an excellent trilogy by the Hungarian writer Miklos Banffy, chronicling the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and...
Sickle-shaped curves
We speak of 'hair-pin bends' for sharply curved roads, and I liked this place-and-time relevant equivalent. It is from a...
Shovel-shaped antlers
Recently saw a David Attenborough programme showing such flat-planed antlers. Here they are spotted in the forest regions of Transylvania.
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Prune-like eyes
A clever lawyer who bides his time and slowly, quietly hoovers up the assets of dissolute aristocrats, while ever fawning...
Spencer-like jacket
A 19th century Hungarian wearing a jacket that originated in late 18th or early 19th century England. Named after the...
Camphor-smelling claw
Balint is the splendid principal character in this tapestried look at the decline of Hungary's aristocracy before the First World...
Szkupcsina
This intriguing word turned up in Miklos Banffy's superb Transylvanian Trilogy, tracing the decline of the Hungarian aristocracy in the...
Topaz-coloured eyes
Adrienne is far the most interesting female character in this monumental trilogy, and there is great finesse in the author's...
Tear-wringing phrases
Can you sense in this triologism that the moving eloquence of this politician is a little too practised and contrived?...
Of cornelian cherries
We often read of 'cherry-red' so I found it refreshing to find cherries described as resembling the red of cornelian,...
Shoe-button eyes
Banffy's trilogy of novels on the slow but certain self-destruction of the 19th century Hungarian aristocracy includes the figure of...
Poison-green brocade
Wondering what shade is poison-green, I discovered that Pantone has given it a vivid verdancy; the hex-code is 49B960 and...
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