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Journey by Moonlight

Paperback

Main Details

Title Journey by Moonlight
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Antal Szerb
Translated by Peter Czipott
SeriesEvergreens
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 128
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781847495822
ClassificationsDewey:894.511332
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Alma Books Ltd
Imprint Alma Classics
NZ Release Date 27 April 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Travelling to Italy on their honeymoon, Erszi and Mihaly are ready to take in all the beauties and pleasures of the country. But when they reach Venice, it is clear that Mihaly prefers to roam around the back alleys and the canals on his own, and as they continue their journey through the Bel Paese there is a growing sense of unrest between them, until Mihaly misses the train to Rome they were due to take together. Wandering alone from city to city, with his marriage rapidly falling apart, Mihaly must confront the ghosts of his past and try to find a sense of purpose.Originally written in 1937, and here presented in a brilliant new translation by Peter V. Czipott, Antal Szerb's gently humorous and psychologically subtle exploration into the workings of a budding bourgeois marriage has been hailed as one of the great rediscovered classics of the twentieth century.

Author Biography

Antal Szerb (1901-45) was a Hungarian novelist, scholar, literary historian and translator whose works were greeted with widespread appreciation but who faced ever-increasing hostility and persecution because of his Jewish background. He tragically died in a concentration camp, beaten to death by camp guards, at the age of forty-three.