{"product_id":"voyage-to-kazohinia-paperback","title":"Voyage to Kazohinia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSandor Szathmari\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eInez Kemenes\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis classic dystopian satire has been compared to the likes of Brave New World, Gulliver's Travels and The Wizard of Oz. Voyage to Kazohinia is a tour de force of twentieth-century literature--and it is here published in English for the first time outside of Hungary. S ndor Szathm ri's novel chronicles the travels of a modern Gulliver on the eve of World War II. A shipwrecked English ship's surgeon finds himself on an unknown island whose inhabitants, the Hins, live a technologically advanced existence without emotions, desires, arts, money, or politics. Soon unhappy amid this bleak perfection, Gulliver asks to be admitted to the closed settlement of the Behins, beings with souls and atavistic human traits. He has seen nothing yet. A massively entertaining mix of satire and science fiction, Voyage to Kazohinia has seen half a dozen editions in Hungary in decades since its original publication and remains the country's most popular cult classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eS疣dor Szathm疵i (1897-1974) was among the most extraordinary and elusive figures in twentieth-century Hungarian literature. The author of two published novels and several story collections in his native tongue, he is best known for \u003ci\u003eVoyage to Kazohina\u003c\/i\u003e--which, titled \u003ci\u003eKazohinia\u003c\/i\u003e on most editions in Hungary, has been treasured by generations of readers. \u003cbr\u003e Szathm疵i spent much of his career as a mechanical engineer; this, together with his limited oeuvre, the biting satire of his magnum opus, and his political persuasions--which ranged from an early, ambivalent affiliation with communism to anticommunism as Hungary became a communist dictatorship--kept him ever on the margins of the officially sanctioned literary establishment. \u003cbr\u003e A central figure in Hungary's Esperanto movement for decades, Szathm疵i published his writings--including, most famously, \u003ci\u003eVoyage to Kazohinia\u003c\/i\u003e--in his own Esperanto-language editions, ensuring him a measure of international recognition and literary freedom during the communist era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765282799904,"sku":"9780982578124","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/488534e429cc0f77eeede13422261b28.webp?v=1780265957","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/voyage-to-kazohinia-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}