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Traveler and the Moonlight
ISBN-13: 9781491789285 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 288 str.
Special 70th Anniversary American Edition A new translation by writer and poet Peter Hargitai
"Writer and poet Peter Hargitai, working on an English translation of Utas es holdvilag Traveler and the Moonlight] in 1988, met with Szerb's widow, Klara, curious to know whether there had been real-life models for the novel's characters-particularly for Tamas and Eva, who intrigued him above all the others. In answer, Klara Szerb pointed out a framed photograph on a bookshelf: 'a youngish man with a pale, aristocratic, melancholy face.'
'This is Tamas, ' Mrs. Szerb said. 'My husband's beloved schoolmate.'
'And Eva? Who is Eva?' I asked.
She held up that very picture. 'This is also Eva. Tamas and Eva are one and the same.'
Klara Szerb went on to insist that Hargitai keep the secret of Tamas and Eva's single biographical precedent until after her death. And there we have a clue, not only to the mysterious androgyny of Tamas and Eva, and to the sexually unconventional nature of Mihaly's relationship with them, but also perhaps to an unresolved chapter from Szerb's past, one that held mysteries potent enough to give rise to a novel." Julie Orringer
Author of The Invisible Bridge
"I hope The Traveler reaches thousands and thousands of readers." Elie Wiesel Distinguished Nobel Laureate"
Special 70th Anniversary American EditionA new translation by writer and poet Peter Hargitai"Writer and poet Peter Hargitai, working on an English translation of Utas és holdvilág [Traveler and the Moonlight] in 1988, met with Szerbs widow, Klára, curious to know whether there had been real-life models for the novels characters-particularly for Tamás and Éva, who intrigued him above all the others. In answer, Klára Szerb pointed out a framed photograph on a bookshelf: a youngish man with a pale, aristocratic, melancholy face.This is Tamás, Mrs. Szerb said. My husbands beloved schoolmate.And Éva? Who is Éva? I asked.She held up that very picture. This is also Éva. Tamás and Éva are one and the same.Klára Szerb went on to insist that Hargitai keep the secret of Tamás and Évas single biographical precedent until after her death. And there we have a clue, not only to the mysterious androgyny of Tamás and Éva, and to the sexually unconventional nature of Mihálys relationship with them, but also perhaps to an unresolved chapter from Szerbs past, one that held mysteries potent enough to give rise to a novel."Julie Orringer
Author of The Invisible Bridge"I hope The Traveler reaches thousands and thousands of readers."Elie WieselDistinguished Nobel Laureate
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