· Antal Szerb's novel Oliver VII is constructed out of pure joy, says Nicholas Lezard Nicholas Lezard Sat EDT First published on Sat EDTEstimated Reading Time: 4 mins. · Antal Szerb's novel Oliver VII is constructed out of pure joy, says Nicholas Lezard Nicholas Lezard Sat EDT First published on Sat EDTEstimated Reading Time: 4 mins. The modern reader of Oliver VII knows, going in, that Oliver VII is written at the height of the War and is the last book of its author, Antal Szerb, born to assimilated Jewish parents and baptized Catholic, and beaten to death in a Hungarian concentration camp in January /5.
A comic fable from one of the masters of twentieth-century prose "Szerb belongs with the master novelists of the twentieth century" Paul Bailey, Daily Telegraph The bored young ruler of an idyllic Central European country plots a coup against himself and escapes to Venice in search of 'real' experience. There he falls in with a team of ambitious con-men and ends up, to his own surprise. VII. Olivér | Hangosregény. Szerb Antal - VII. Olivér. Előadja: Benedek Miklós. Időtartam: 5 óra 22 perc. A csupasz story akár operett is lehetne. Ezt öltöztette fel Szerb Antal az ő csodálatos iróniájával és bölcsességével. Benedek Miklós utánozhatatlanul változatos és jó-kedélyű előadásában felhőtlenül vidám. The modern reader of Oliver VII knows, going in, that Oliver VII is written at the height of the War and is the last book of its author, Antal Szerb, born to assimilated Jewish parents and baptized Catholic, and beaten to death in a Hungarian concentration camp in January
Szerb offered Oliver VII as a translation from a non-existent English writer, A H Redcliff — typical Szerb humor, or a reflection of the fact that as a ‘rootless cosmopolitan’ his own work was banned by the Nazi regime?. Hungary's literary icon, Antal Szerb, was an figure that rose to well-respected status quickly and whose life ended too early. A Jew who died in a concentration camp in , his last work, Oliver VII(), offers none of the dark and horrific circumstances that Hungarians Jews witnessed and withstood. The wittiness of Szerb has been repeatedly compared to Luis Pirandello, the Italian playwright, but there is much more to Szerb than mere mimicry. The native form of this personal name is Szerb Antal. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals. Antal Szerb (c. ) Antal Szerb (1 May , Budapest – 27 January , Balf) was a noted Hungarian scholar and writer. He is generally considered to be one of the major Hungarian writers of the 20th century.
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