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Szerb Antal (Author)
Journey By Moonlight
Journey By Moonlight
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Description: Antal Szerb is one of the great European writers Ali Smith A novel to love as well as admire always playful and ironical full of brilliant descriptions bon mots and absurd situations Guardian A major modern classic: the turbulent story of a businessman torn between middle - class respectability and sensational bohemoia Mih ly and Erzsi are on honeymoon in Italy. Mih ly has recently joined the respectable family firm in Budapest but as his gaze passes over the mysterious back - alleys of Venice memories of his bohemian past reawaken his old desire to wander. When bride and groom become separated at a provincial train station Mih ly embarks on a chaotic and bizarre journey that leads him finally to Rome where he must reckon with both his past and his future. In this intoxicating and satirical masterpiece Szerb takes us deep into the conflicting desires of marriage and shows how adulthood can reverberate endlessly with the ache of youth. Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature hand - picked from around the globe Translated by Len Rix Antal Szerb was born in Budapest in 1901. Though of Jewish descent he was baptised at an early age and remained a lifelong Catholic. He rapidly established himself as a formidable scholar through studies of Ibsen and Blake and histories of English Hungarian and world literature. He was a prolific essayist and reviewer ranging across all the major European languages. Debarred by successive Jewish laws from working in a university he was subjected to increasing persecution and finally murdered in a forced labour camp in 1945. Pushkin Press publishes his novels The Pendragon Legend Oliver VII and his masterpiece Journey by Moonlight as well as the historical study The Queen's Necklace and Love in a Bottle and Other Stories.
Title: Journey By Moonlight
Author(s): Szerb Antal (Author)
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Barcode: 9781805330240
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/30/2024
Series: Pushkin Press Classics
Category: Fiction In Translation
Description: Antal Szerb is one of the great European writers Ali Smith A novel to love as well as admire always playful and ironical full of brilliant descriptions bon mots and absurd situations Guardian A major modern classic: the turbulent story of a businessman torn between middle - class respectability and sensational bohemoia Mih ly and Erzsi are on honeymoon in Italy. Mih ly has recently joined the respectable family firm in Budapest but as his gaze passes over the mysterious back - alleys of Venice memories of his bohemian past reawaken his old desire to wander. When bride and groom become separated at a provincial train station Mih ly embarks on a chaotic and bizarre journey that leads him finally to Rome where he must reckon with both his past and his future. In this intoxicating and satirical masterpiece Szerb takes us deep into the conflicting desires of marriage and shows how adulthood can reverberate endlessly with the ache of youth. Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature hand - picked from around the globe Translated by Len Rix Antal Szerb was born in Budapest in 1901. Though of Jewish descent he was baptised at an early age and remained a lifelong Catholic. He rapidly established himself as a formidable scholar through studies of Ibsen and Blake and histories of English Hungarian and world literature. He was a prolific essayist and reviewer ranging across all the major European languages. Debarred by successive Jewish laws from working in a university he was subjected to increasing persecution and finally murdered in a forced labour camp in 1945. Pushkin Press publishes his novels The Pendragon Legend Oliver VII and his masterpiece Journey by Moonlight as well as the historical study The Queen's Necklace and Love in a Bottle and Other Stories.
Title: Journey By Moonlight
Author(s): Szerb Antal (Author)
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Barcode: 9781805330240
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/30/2024
Series: Pushkin Press Classics
Category: Fiction In Translation