
NOVELLÁK
COGNAC-IDILLEK. - I. A KUTYAFEJŰ.
II. A MEGCSALT ASSZONYNÁL.
III. A GYÁSZOS ÖZVEGYNÉL.
IV. A FÉLLÁBÚ LEÁNY. - I.
V. TÜKÖR-ŐRÜLET.
VI A MÁSIK.
VII. PROMETHEUS.
VIII. A FÚRIA.
IX. IDEGVILÁG.
A sleepless night drags the narrator into a restless inner theatre, where thought spirals from the mundane to the absurd. Lying in a cold winter coat, he watches the fabric fray like his own unraveling focus, and a strange, dog‑headed interlocutor materialises out of his own sarcasm. Their exchange flits between bitter self‑reproach and sarcastic philosophy, probing fears of isolation, the weight of personal blame, and the paradox of yearning for both pleasure and suffering.
The story captures the claustrophobic atmosphere of a mind that refuses to quiet, turning insomnia into a battlefield of wit and wounded pride. As the protagonist wrestles with his conscience, the dialogue hints at deeper questions about authenticity, desire, and the limits of self‑control—all conveyed with a darkly humorous, almost theatrical tone that invites listeners to linger on every unsettling turn of phrase.
Language
hu
Duration
~6 hours (396K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Tamás Róth, Albert László and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Europe at http://dp.rastko.net
Release date
2013-02-11
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1867–1942
A sharp-eyed Hungarian novelist and journalist, he wrote vividly about Budapest life and the pressures of Jewish assimilation in a fast-changing city. His fiction often blends social observation with an intimate feel for everyday hopes, ambitions, and disappointments.
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