
AMORI
In the bleak winter of 1918, a young Parisian on the brink of adulthood is thrust into the grinding churn of war. While crammed into a crowded metro, he catches a fleeting glimpse of a delicate girl whose presence offers a brief oasis of calm amid the suffocating gloom. Their hands brush, their breaths mingle, and for a heartbeat the chaos of the city seems to dissolve into quiet intimacy.
As the train lurches forward and distant artillery thunders, the pair are pulled apart, each returning to a world where the war demands everything from them. Their silent encounter becomes a fragile anchor, a reminder of love’s possibility even when the future feels hopeless. Listeners will be drawn into Pierre’s inner turmoil and the tender, unspoken bond that blossoms in the shadows of a city under siege.
Language
fr
Duration
~1 hours (113K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images generously made available by Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France.)
Release date
Jan 16, 2021
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1866–1944
A Nobel Prize-winning French writer, he used novels, plays, and essays to argue for courage, compassion, and peace in a violent age. He is best known for the vast novel cycle Jean-Christophe and for a lifelong belief that art and conscience belong together.
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