{"product_id":"antal-author-szerb-love-in-a-bottle-and-other-stories-2013-paperback","title":"Antal (Author) Szerb: Love in a Bottle and Other Stories [2013] paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of Szerb's shorter fiction, which superbly demonstrates his development from young idealist to mature ironist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Here you have Szerb in miniature... revealing his multi-faceted genius\" Nicholas Lezard, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAntal Szerb\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Pendragon Legend\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOliver VII\u003c\/em\u003e and his masterpiece \u003cem\u003eJourney by Moonlight\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the historical study \u003cem\u003eThe Queen's Necklace\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLove in a Bottle and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Szerb, Antal (Author) \u0026 Rix, Len (Translator)","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52509365305683,"sku":"XV81908968425","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":50053196284243,"sku":"9781908968425","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/szerb-antal-author-rix-len-translator-antal-author-szerb-love-in-a-bottle-and-other-stories-2013-paperback-9781908968425-60627142508883.jpg?v=1764659373","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/antal-author-szerb-love-in-a-bottle-and-other-stories-2013-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}