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Title:Journey by Moonlight
Author:Antal Szerb
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:First Edition
Pages:Pages: 299 pages
Published:January 1st 2001 by Pushkin Press (first published 1937)
Categories:Fiction. European Literature. Hungarian Literature. Cultural. Hungary. Classics. Literature
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A major classic of 1930s literature, Antal Szerb's Journey by Moonlight (Utas és Holdvilág) is the fantastically moving and darkly funny story of a bourgeois businessman torn between duty and desire. 'On the train, everything seemed fine. The trouble began in Venice ...' Mihály has dreamt of Italy all his life. When he finally travels there on his honeymoon with wife Erszi, he soon abandon her in order to find himself, haunted by old friends from his turbulent teenage days: beautiful, kind Tamas, brash and wicked Janos, and the sexless yet unforgettable Eva. Journeying from Venice to Ravenna, Florence and Rome, Mihály loses himself in Venetian back alleys and in the Tuscan and Umbrian countryside, driven by an irresistible desire to resurrect his lost youth among Hungary's Bright Young Things, and knowing that he must soon decide whether to return to the ambiguous promise of a placid adult life, or allow himself to be seduced into a life of scandalous adventure. Journey by Moonlight (Utas és Holdvilág) is an undoubted masterpiece of Modernist literature, a darkly comic novel cut through by sex and death, which traces the effects of a socially and sexually claustrophobic world on the life of one man. Translated from the Hungarian by the renowned and award-winning Len Rix, Antal Szerb's Journey by Moonlight (first published as Utas és Holdvilág in Hungary in 1937) is the consummate European novel of the inter-war period.

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Original Title: Utas és holdvilág
ISBN: 1901285502 (ISBN13: 9781901285505)
Edition Language: English
Characters: Mihály, Erzsi, János Szepetneki, Zoltán Pataki, Tamás Ulpius, Éva Ulpius
Setting: Italy Rome(Italy) Florence(Italy) …more Venice(Italy) Ravenna(Italy) Siena(Italy) Paris(France) …less


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this is beautifully written but somehow it did not resonate with me. set in Europe between the wars it tells the tale of a newly married man who has unresolved issues from his pasthe ends up deserting his wife whilst they are on honeymoon in Italy (they are from Hungary), what an utter cad. following this he mooches around Italy in a funk, while friends from his past flit in and out, a monk, borderline gangster and his unrequited love who it turns out has murdered her brotherwifey ends up in



The actual novel is not as good as the cover art. The prose is in translationese, the plot artificial, the characters are somewhat cardboardish. Could have skipped this one. Finished more out of guilt than necessity.

One would like to think that after a recent marriage, the happy couple would set their sights on radiant and flourishing years spent in each others harmonious company, swanning off on a honeymoon filled with memories of passion and delights. Forget the past, look to the future.Antal Szerb is having none of it. As this novel is predominantly about nostalgia. A heavy nostalgia that is dragged around like weights tied to one's feet. There is no escape from it, there is no cure.Hungarian newlyweds

Over the last few years Ive had a lot of pleasure and satisfaction from books set in and around Eastern Europe*. I was inspired to seek more interesting Eastern European books, and so it was that I came across Journey by Moonlight.At the time of writing, the most liked review of Journey by Moonlight on GoodReads, and the third most liked review, were from readers who were unable to finish this book. That concerned me. I do not generally have much patience with difficult books. I adore beautiful,

Well written, unusual, original, occasionally deeply insightful into human nature and overall an enjoyable read. So very good - but it is not a masterpiece. Sometimes the characters are a little 2 dimensional and the storyline in parts feels forced. These are forgivable as I say it is very good, but I dont think quite as wonderful as some reviews imply.

Antal Szerb manages with his novel Yolcu ve Ayisigi to set a deep regressive element, the unfulfilled dreams of youth, which shape the life of every adult in some way. This psychological novel captivates with its diversity. In beautiful sentences Antal Szerb illustrates the Tuscan Villages and the Umbrain villages. He writes wonderfully calm, poetic and full of symbolism and each sentence is a pleasure to read. The book describes the process of self-discovery, because each of the described