The diary Of Geza Csath
Géza Csáth (Author), Arthur Phillips, Peter Reich (Translator)
" An acclaimed neurologist widely viewed as Hungary's first contemporary author, Csath was also a morphine addict who shot and killed his wife before doing away with himself. The Diary begins as a clinically graphic depiction of Csath's conquest of dozens of women from chambermaids to aristocrats during his tenure as a doctor at a Slovakian health spa in 1912. All the while, he is engaged to Olga Jonas, a Jewish girl he places above all other women in sensuality but considers "entirely without moral taste". Csath regularly injects morphine and opium to increase his enjoyment of certain events and lessen the discomfort of others. The second half of the diary is his harrowing descent into hopeless narcotic addiction. The effect is heightened by Csath's unsparing honesty and acute powers of self-observation." -- Amazon.com viewed January 5, 2021
Print Book, English, 2002
Angelusz & Gold Pub., Budapest, Hungary, 2002