Journey by Moonlight
By Antal Szerb
An early-twentieth-century classic-the turbulent story of a businessman torn between middle-class respectability and sensational bohemia.
Anxious to please his bourgeois father, Mihaly has joined the family firm in Budapest. Pursued by nostalgia for his bohemian youth, he seeks escape in marriage to Erzsi, not realising that she has chosen him as a means to her own rebellion. On their honeymoon in Italy, Mihaly 'loses' his bride at a provincial station and embarks on a chaotic and bizarre journey that leads him finally to Rome. There all the death-haunted and erotic elements of his past converge, and he, like Erzsi, has finally to make a choice.
Translated by Len Rix
Cover illustration by David Pearson
240 pp
Published 37257
ISBN 9781901285505
B-Format Paperback
