Journey by Moonlight (novel)
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| Author | Antal Szerb |
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| Original title (if not in English) | Utas és holdvilág |
| Translator | Len Rix |
| Country | Hungary |
| Language | Hungarian |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Released | 1937 (this Eng. trans. 20011) |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 368 p. (this Eng. trans. first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-901285-37-5 (this Eng. trans. first edition, hardback) |
Journey by Moonlight (in Hungarian, Utas és holdvilág which literally means "Traveler and Moonlight") is among the best-known novels in Hungarian literature. Written by Antal Szerb, it was first published in 1937.
[edit] Plot introduction
A highly amusing (and popular) Hungarian book from the late 1930s, in which we meet the romantic figure of Mihály, aloof and poetic but struggling to break with an adolescent rebelliousness which he tries to quell under respectable bourgeois conformism but also with the disturbing attraction of an erotic death-wish. While there is no doubt an element of (the then especially influential and risqué) Freudianism in this, as well as perhaps the sexual and emotional claustrophobia of a society with strong Catholic and martial traditions, it is also has a distinct originality.
The novel follows Mihály, a Budapest native from a bourgeois family on his honeymoon in Italy, as he encounters and attempts to make sense of his past.
[edit] Characters in "Journey by Moonlight"
- Mihály – a native resident of Budapest
- Erzsi – Mihály's wife
[edit] Release details
Peter Hargitai translated the novel into English under the title The Traveler (ISBN 0-595-27878-7). Len Rix's translation, which is titled Journey by Moonlight (ISBN 1-901285-50-2) is the one currently in print.
- 1937, Hungary, Révai ISBN ?, Pub date ? ? 1937, paperback (Hungarian first edition)
- 1994, USA, Puski Corvin ISBN 0-915951-21-5, Pub date ? May 1994, paperback (as "The Traveler" - this trans. first edition)
- 2001, USA, Pushkin Press ISBN 1-901285-37-5, Pub date 1 May 2001, paperback (as "Journey by Moonlight" - this trans. first edition)
- 2003, USA, iUniverse.com ISBN 0-595-27878-7, Pub date 7 May, 2003, paperback (as "The Traveler")
- 2006, USA, Pushkin Press ISBN 1-901285-50-2, Pub date 27 February 2006, paperback (as "Journey by Moonlight")
Beside English, the novel has been translated into German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch.
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