Journey by Moonlight

An early-twentieth-century classic - the turbulent, dreamlike story of a businessman torn between middle-class respectability and sensational bohemia

"No one who has read it has failed to love it." - Nicholas Lezard

Mihály and Erzsi are on honeymoon in Italy. Mihály has recently joined the respectable family firm in Budapest, but as his gaze passes over the mysterious back-alleys of Venice, memories of his bohemian past reawaken his old desire to wander.

When bride and groom become separated a...