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 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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