Halálsziget

by Jenő Rejtő

A szerző kilenc korai szellemes, izgalmas művét mutatjuk be az olvasóknak. Mindegyikre egyaránt jellemző, hogy felsejlik benne a később kiteljesedő eredeti rejtői humor, s már jelen van a páratlanul érdekes, izgalmas, romantikus meseszövés.
Régi vágya teljesülhet e sorozattal a Rejtő rajongóknak, hiszen e kötetek egy kivételével, közel 50 éve láttak utoljára napvilágot. Mindegyik ma is kellemes élvezetes szórakozást nyújt.

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1935

About the author

Jenő Rejtő (born Jenő Reich, pseudonyms: P. Howard, Gibson Lavery) was a Hungarian author, fiction writer, playwright and journalist, who died as a forced labourer during the World War II. He was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on March 29, 1905, and died in Yevdokovo, Soviet Union (then under Axis occupation) on January 1, 1943.

He studied drama before traveling across Europe. When he returned to Hungary he became a successful playwright, responsible for such operettas as "Who Dares Wins" (1934). He then went on to write adventure novels parodying the Foreign Legion, which often featured his somewhat bizarre sense of humor.
He reportedly died in 1942 in a labor camp after he was taken from hospital whilst seriously ill. The stamp issued in his honor depicts various images such as a North African sunset (a reference to his Foreign Legion stories), a cafe he frequented and a copy of Nagykorut - the newspaper he edited hanging on the stand.

Reviews

[Àkos Györkei · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aranyos kaland. Olvasassal ismerkedo fiataloknak remek, hiszen rovid es izgalmas - de teljeserteku irodalmi elmenynek nem mondanam

[Eszter Beáta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rövid, korai műve Rejtőnek, egyszerű történet, mégis van benne néhány fordulat és humoros elem.