Fagy : Elbeszélések

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Fagy : Elbeszélések

by Tamás Kóbor

HU·~3 hours·19 chapters

Chapters

19 total

AZ ATHENAEUM OLVASÓTÁRA.

0:02

FAGY.

2:28

Mara.

15:25

Czérna, gyűszű, orvosság.

7:20

A bagoly és a kanári madár.

12:17

Halvér.

12:18

Az első boa.

9:25

Férfi a háznál.

6:15

A patkány.

8:29

Jani és Juczi.

16:11

Description

In this evocative collection the frozen solitude of the North Pole becomes a restless protagonist, yearning for the colors and warmth of distant lands. The polar wanderer drifts across endless ice, confronting the stark silence of his own existence, until a chance encounter with the Southern Pole sparks a quiet dialogue about dreams and the impossibility of a rose‑filled world. Their exchange, poetic and melancholy, frames a larger meditation on longing, identity, and the thin line between myth and reality.

Other tales shift to a more intimate setting, where the young girl Mara listens to her mother’s fervent promises of a pristine white gown adorned with pearls, diamonds and blossoms. The description of the imagined garments blurs the boundaries between desire and delusion, as Mara’s joy spirals into a frantic, almost desperate need for affirmation. Through simple domestic scenes, the stories reveal how ordinary moments can hide a tempest of hope, fear, and yearning.

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Language

hu

Duration

~3 hours (197K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

Budapest: Athenaeum, 1895.

Credits

Albert László from page images generously made available by the Hungarian Electronic Library

Release date

2024-01-03

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Tamás Kóbor

Tamás Kóbor

1867–1942

A sharp-eyed Hungarian novelist and journalist, he wrote vividly about Budapest life, social ambition, and the pressures of modern city living. Born as Adolf Bermann, he became known for fiction that brought urban realism into Hungarian literature.

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