A Central European classic to be discovered and relished. Eva Hoffman
Nightmare is the only word that fully captures Karinthy's hellish metropolis, but while it's definitely a tale of horror, Metropole is also funny and touching. NPR
'With time, Metropole will find its due place in the twentieth-century library, on the same shelf as The Trial and 1984.' G. O. Chateaureynaud
I' don t know when I ve read a more perfect novel-a dynamically helpless hero (in the line of Kafka), and a gorgeous spiral of action, nothing spare, nothing wrong, inventive and without artifice. Michael Hoffman TLS
A stunning novel. Funny, nightmarish and jubilant.–Libération
A masterpiece.–Magazine Littéraire