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Synopsis
Mihaly is anxious to please his father and becomes a partner in the family firm. Haunted by nostalgia for his bohemian youth he escapes and marries Erzsi. The honeymoon is a disaster and ultimately Mihaly and Erzsi are brought face to face with their deepest fears.
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Antal Szerb was born in Budapest in 1901. Best known in the West as a novelist and short story writer, he was also a prolific scholar whose interests ranged widely across the whole field of European literature. Debarred from a university post by reason of his Jewish ancestry, he taught in a commercial secondary school until increasing persecution led to his brutal death in a labour camp, in 1945. Yet the tone of his writing is almost always deceptively light, the fierce intelligence softened by a gentle tolerance, wry humour and understated irony. Pushkin Press's publications of Szerb's work include his novels Journey by Moonlight, Oliver VII and The Pendragon Legend, as well as the short story collection Love in a Bottle and the history The Queen's Necklace.
Len Rix was 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.
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Journey by Moonlight (Pushkin Collection)
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Journey by Moonlight
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Paperback. Etat : Good. There are holiday novels, and then there is Journey by Moonlight , a book that begins with a honeymoon in Italy and somehow ends up wandering through the darker, stranger corridors of the human soul. This is rather like booking a relaxing weekend in the Lake District and accidentally finding yourself in an existential crisis of European literary significance. Written by the Hungarian novelist Antal Szerb and presented here in a 2001 Pushkin edition, Journey by Moonlight is one of those books that inspires an unusual level of devotion among readers. People rarely say, "Yes, it was quite good." Instead, they tend to become slightly evangelical about it, pressing copies into the hands of friends while insisting that it is unlike anything else they have ever read. The plot begins innocently enough. Mihály, a respectable newly married man, sets off on honeymoon with his wife in Italy. At this point readers may reasonably expect romance, sightseeing, perhaps a little personal growth, and a pleasant amount of Mediterranean sunshine. Antal Szerb, however, has other ideas. Before long Mihály is drifting away from both his wife and his carefully constructed adult life, becoming increasingly haunted by memories of youth, friendship, obsession, and the peculiar possibility that he may never have truly understood himself at all. What follows is less a journey across Italy than a journey through memory, identity, longing, and the uncomfortable suspicion that adulthood may simply be a highly organised form of improvisation. Szerb approaches these themes with a wit so light and elegant that readers sometimes fail to notice how profoundly strange the novel has become until they are several chapters beyond the point of no return. One of the great pleasures of the book is its refusal to behave as expected. Characters wander into and out of the story with dreamlike unpredictability. Conversations drift between comedy and melancholy. Beautiful landscapes become stages for emotional confusion. Entire sections feel as though they have been written by someone who simultaneously adores and mistrusts civilisation. The title itself is wonderfully evocative. Journey by Moonlight sounds less like a novel and more like a set of travel instructions received from a mysterious aristocrat in a crumbling villa. It promises romance, danger, uncertainty, and the possibility of becoming lost. The book delivers all four with remarkable efficiency. There is also a distinctly European quality to the novel that is difficult to define but immediately recognisable. Characters spend a great deal of time reflecting upon life, art, death, love, and the significance of obscure personal memories while travelling between beautiful cities. Modern readers may occasionally find themselves thinking, "Perhaps these people should simply have a cup of tea and calm down." Fortunately, they never do. Pushkin?s decision to bring Szerb to a wider English-speaking audience was one of the happier events in modern publishing. The novel had long enjoyed legendary status among those fortunate enough to encounter it, and this edition helped introduce a new generation to one of the twentieth century?s most charmingly eccentric masterpieces. Condition-wise, this copy is described as Good. It remains a perfectly serviceable companion for anyone wishing to spend several hundred pages questioning the nature of identity while wandering through Italy in excellent literary company. Whether you are drawn to literary fiction, European classics, psychological novels, or simply enjoy books that refuse to stay within conventional boundaries, Journey by Moonlight is a remarkable experience. Funny, melancholy, intelligent, romantic, unsettling, and unexpectedly profound, it is the literary equivalent of taking a wrong turn and discovering that it was the most interesting decision you could possibly have made. Exactly the sort of quietly brilliant and gloriously difficult-to-classify book that Crappy Old Books is delighted to rescue from obscurity and place directly into the hands of curious readers. THIS BOOK BEARS THE CRAPPY OLD BOOKS STAMP. IF THAT IS UNDESIRABLE PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS. THE STAMP MARKS WHICH IS USUALLY TO THE FRONT AND BACK INNER PAGES SAYS SOLD BY CRAPPY OLD BOOKS WITH WEB SITE URL. IT IN NO WAY DEMINISHED FROM THE READING. IF YOU WANT A PRISTINE BOOK, PLEASE FIND ANOTHER BOOK IN BETTER CONDITION SOMEWHERE ELSE. N° de réf. du vendeur 6692
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Journey by Moonlight
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ISBN 13 : 9781901285376
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Journey by Moonlight
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Paperback. Etat : Good. Journey by Moonlight (2001) ? Antal Szerb Translated edition from Pushkin Press | ISBN: 9781901285376 Condition: Good (emotionally unsteady, physically sound) Offered with a slightly raised eyebrow by: Crappy Old Books Here it is: the cult classic of midlife crisis, spiritual misdirection, and romantic incompetence, otherwise known as Journey by Moonlight . Antal Szerb takes one mild-mannered Hungarian man, sends him on honeymoon to Italy, and then watches with great amusement as he more or less falls apart in the most civilised way possible. This is not a story where anyone ?finds themselves? in a wellness-retreat sense. Instead, we get: A respectable husband who realises, inconveniently, that adulthood may have been a terrible mistake. A honeymoon that becomes less ?romantic escape? and more ?existential escape room with churches.? The eternal question: What if I just? didn?t go home? Szerb?s tone is that magical combination of melancholic, witty, and quietly savage. He manages to make you feel sorry for his characters while simultaneously wanting to pat them gently on the head and say, ?Honestly, what did you think would happen?? About this particular copy Condition: Good , which, in our sacred second-hand code, means: The cover is intact and perfectly respectable, with the usual light wear from being picked up, put down, and possibly contemplated during small life crises. The spine is in decent shape, which is more than can be said for several people in the novel. The pages are all present, readable, and not full of deranged biro underlining. You may find the slightest signs of having been actually read by a human being who got strangely invested in the whole ?should he run off to the past or stay with his wife? situation. So: not pristine, not battered ? just Good . The exact right condition for a book about a man who is also, in his own way, ?holding up, considering.? IMPORTANT WARNING ABOUT THE POSTCARD This copy comes with a complimentary postcard that we did not choose, but which we feel morally obliged to warn you about: WARNING: Tucked inside is a postcard depicting Gustave Courbet?s L?Origine du Monde . We can only assume it was once used as a bookmark by a previous owner who either had a very particular sense of humour, was intensely committed to French realism, or just grabbed the nearest postcard and never looked back. To be clear: The postcard is included . The artwork is? famous. Very famous. Let?s just say it?s one of art history?s less subtle contributions. If discovered by the unprepared, it may prompt what?s technically known as ?a conversation.? So if you open your newly arrived Pushkin Press classic and are suddenly confronted by 19th-century French boldness, don?t panic: that?s just Courbet, not a printer?s error. You can keep it, remove it, use it as a bookmark (tradition!), or place it carefully somewhere that won?t cause HR issues. What?s going on inside (the book, not the postcard) Inside Journey by Moonlight you?ll find: A beautifully observed tale about a man trying to reconcile his drizzly adult responsibilities with the intoxicating chaos of his youth. Italian landscapes, churches, and side streets, all functioning as backdrops to one man?s talent for quietly derailing his life. Memories of teenage friendships and morbid fascinations that refuse to stay politely in the past. That particular Central European blend of humour and despair: light, witty, and then suddenly not light at all. It?s the sort of novel that makes you laugh in a small, worried way and then stare at the wall for a moment thinking, ?Oh dear.? Why you might actually want this For the literary escapist: You want Italy, but with neurosis, guilt, and awkward encounters instead of glossy Instagram romance. For the midlife sympathiser: You understand that the real horror is not monsters, but the phrase ?sensible life choices.? For European-fiction enjoyers: Szerb sits comfortably on the shelf with Zweig, Kundera, and other experts in ?charming emotional devastation.? For book-shelf mischief: A Pushkin Press spine plus a secretly notorious art postcard tucked inside? That?s a conversation starter right there. About Crappy Old Books At Crappy Old Books , we specialise in well-travelled copies with personality. We tell you about the condition honestly, and in this case we also tell you about the unexpected bonus item lurking between the pages, because we?re fairly sure that counts as material information . So if you?d like a Good copy of Journey by Moonlight ? complete with one Hungarian existential crisis, one Italian wander, and one unexpectedly art-historical postcard ? this one is ready for its next mildly bewildered owner. The journey is internal. The postcard is? very much not. N° de réf. du vendeur 5079
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