Antal szerb 19011945 was born in budapest into a middleclass family that had converted from judaism to catholicism. Throughout the second half of the 1920s he lived in france, italy, and england, where he worked on his first book, an outline of english literature 1929. He studied hungarian, german and later english, obtaining a doctorate in 1924. George szirtes a stealthy masterpieceboth comic and beautiful.
Translated from the hungarian by the renowned and awardwinning len rix, antal szerb s journey by moonlight first published as utas es holdvilag in hungary in 1937 is the consummate european novel of the interwar period. A major classic of 1930s literature, antal szerbs journey by moonlight utas es holdvilag is the fantastically moving and darkly funny story of a bourgeois businessman torn between duty and desire. Travelling to italy on their honeymoon, erszi and mihaly are ready to take in all the beauties and pleasures of the coun. A major classic of 1930s literature, antal szerbs journey by moonlight utas es. Journey by moonlight by antal szerb, paperback barnes. An nyrb classics original the trouble begins in venice, the first stop on erzsi and mihalys honeymoon tour of italy. Antal szerb has 27 books on goodreads with 168 ratings. In this case, however, the land of the dead is not the wasteland of europes ruined culture but the hinterland of ones own memory, of ones own lost youth and the tragedies that characterized it. Jan 01, 2002 buy journey by moonlight by antal szerb, len rix from amazons fiction books store.
Len rixs loving translation of a book that might have remained lost to us. Buy journey by moonlight by antal szerb with free delivery. Journey by moonlight is a burning book, a major book, one of those maddeningly uneven firework displays that serve as much for symptom as artefact. Szerb antal s journey by moonlight, first published a few years earlier in 1937, is similarly almost entirely blind to the present.
A major classic of 1930s literature, antal szerb s journey by moonlight utas es holdvilag is the fantastically moving and darkly funny story of a bourgeois businessman torn between duty and desire. Its the story of a young man on his honeymoon in italy, when he encounters an old friend from his schooldays. Buy antal szerb ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Journey by moonlight b y antal szerb and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This page contains details about the fiction book journey by moonlight by antal szerb published in 1937. Journey by moonlight sometimes reads like where angels fear to tread as rewritten by someone brought up in the spirit of german romanticism. He tragically died in a concentration camp, beaten to death by camp guards, at the age of forty. European books, and so it was that i came across journey by moonlight. Utas es holdvilag, literally traveler and moonlight is among the bestknown novels in contemporary hungarian literature.
Antal szerb 190145 was a hungarian novelist, scholar, literary historian and translator whose works were greeted with widespread appreciation but who faced everincreasing hostility and persecution because of his jewish background. Buy a cheap copy of journey by moonlight book by antal szerb. Journey by moonlight is among the bestknown novels in contemporary hungarian literature. Journey by moonlight pushkin paper by szerb, antal and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Journey by moonlight by antal szerb, 9781590177730, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Journey by moonlight by antal szerb this is my favourite novel, yet i hear hardly anyone discussing it. Szerb belongs with the master novelists of the twentieth century. Buy journey by moonlight book online at low prices in. Journey by moonlight is a burning book, a major book george szirtes times literary supplement no one who has read it has failed to love it nicholas lezard the guardian szerb belongs with the master novelists of the 20th century paul bailey daily telegraph. Buy journey by moonlight by antal szerb from daunt books today. George szirtes, times literary supplement szerb transformed italy from a place of cultured sightseeing to a phantasmagorical world whose countless ruins, relics and sarcophagi eerily symbolize. Journey by moonlight by antal szerb the greatest books. Journey by moonlight nyrb classics antal szerb, len rix, julie orringer on. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that.
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It certainly deserves to be much better appreciated outside szerbs native country. Antal szerbs 1937 journey by moonlight or, to give its title in its literal translation, traveller and the moonlight is one of the bestknown of modern hungarian novels. Buy journey by moonlight nyrb classics book online at low. Mihaly is an emotionallytroubled young man who after years of drifting has tried to anchor himself in the bourgeois real world by marrying erszi. Journey by moonlight by antal szerb 2002 paperback. Its the story of a young man on his honeymoon in italy, when he. New fiction, nonfiction books and travel guides available from daunt books. The trouble began in venice mihaly has dreamt of italy all his life. He studied german and english literature at the university of budapest, receiving a phd in 1924. Journey by moonlight by antal szerb books the guardian.
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Discover book depositorys huge selection of antal szerb books online. After erzsi and mihaaly are married, mihaaly leaves his wife to undertake a series of journeys throughout italy, encountering a cast of eccentric figures from his past. Antal szerb was a noted hungarian scholar and writer. We talked about everything including those special authors that mean so much and antal szerb was one that i had not heard of before. This book is the 1754th greatest fiction book of all time as determined by.
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