{"product_id":"journey-by-moonlight-paperback","title":"Journey by Moonlight - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAntal Szerb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLen Rix\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn early-twentieth-century classic -- the turbulent, dreamlike story of a businessman torn between middle-class respectability and sensational bohemia \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"No one who has read it has failed to love it.\" -- Nicholas Lezard \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMihály and Erzsi are on honeymoon in Italy. Mihály 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen bride and groom become separated at a provincial train station, Mihály 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntal Szerb\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Pendragon Legend\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOliver VII\u003c\/i\u003e and his masterpiece \u003ci\u003eJourney by Moonlight\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the historical study\u003ci\u003e The Queen's Necklace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLove in a Bottle and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLen Rix \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Zimbabwe and now lives in Cambridge. He is the translator of all Szerb's work published in English and his translations have been widely celebrated, earning him the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize and the PEN Translation Prize.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.5 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695540342847,"sku":"9781805330240","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5c713d056d31286b219fee2e1a7b52a2.webp?v=1765004137","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/journey-by-moonlight-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}