{"product_id":"9781805330240","title":"Journey by Moonlight by Len Rix","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Antal Szerb is one of the great European writers' Ali Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A novel to love as well as admire, always playful and ironical, full of brilliant descriptions, bon mots and absurd situations' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major modern classic: the turbulent story of a businessman torn between middle-class respectability and sensational bohemoia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMih?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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Len Rix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntal 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 \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\u003eThe Queen's Necklace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLove in a Bottle and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43205641109682,"sku":"9781805330240","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9781805330240.jpg?v=1705314013","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781805330240","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}