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A collection of Szerb's shorter fiction, which superbly demonstrates his development from young idealist to mature ironist

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Love in a Bottle and Other Stories by Antal Szerb

A collection of Szerb's shorter fiction, which superbly demonstrates his development from young idealist to mature ironist

"Here you have Szerb in miniature... revealing his multi-faceted genius" Nicholas Lezard, Guardian

This selection of Antal Szerb's stories and novellas, set first in a quasi-mythical past and then in the London and Paris of the Thirties, provides an exhilarating guide to the writer's development, from precocious beginnings to a masterful maturity.

In these unforgettable tales-two of which are new to this edition-Szerb displays his irrepressible love of life and the gentle irony that became his hallmark.

Antal 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 The Pendragon Legend, Oliver VII and his masterpiece Journey by Moonlight, as well as the historical study The Queen's Necklace and Love in a Bottle and Other Stories.

Sophisticated, elegant and unpredictable -- Jonathan Keates TLS A writer of immense subtlety and generosity.. Can literary mastery be this quiet-seeming, this hilarious, this kind? Antal Szerb is one of the great European writers -- Ali Smith Antal Szerb belongs with the master novelists of the 20th century -- Paul Bailey Szerb is a master novelist whose powers transcend time and language -- Nicholas Lezard The Guardian A very charming, humorous and intelligent man, familiar ... with the entire culture of Western Europe -- Simone de Beauvoir The Hungarian master... left a scholarly body of criticism as well as fiction, including his masterpiece, Journey By Moonlight (1937) and some glorious stories gathered here -- Eileen Battersby Irish Times
Antal 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 The Pendragon Legend, Oliver VII and his masterpiece Journey by Moonlight, as well as the historical study The Queen's Necklace and Love in a Bottle and Other Stories.
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ISBN 13 9781908968425
ISBN 10 1908968427
Title Love in a Bottle and Other Stories
Author Antal Szerb
Series Pushkin Collection
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pushkin Press
Year published 2013-06-06
Number of pages 256
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