Árnyképek

audiobook

Árnyképek

by Mór Jókai

HU·~7 hours

Chapters

Description

Aboard a quiet vessel cutting through gentle seas, a family drifts in a fragile truce of politeness. The narrator watches her father retreat into a cabin, absorbed by dense mathematical texts that seem to shield him from the storm of his own memories. Meanwhile her brother Géza, once the tender, idealistic youth of their home, now answers with thin sarcasm, his words slicing the thin veneer of civility that keeps the ship from capsizing.

Through the clatter of daily meals and the ever‑present hum of the ocean, the story explores what it means to be uprooted from a land that still haunts every thought. The characters wrestle with a love that feels both distant and suffocating, questioning whether loyalty belongs to the soil beneath their feet or the people they carry inside. As the voyage continues, listeners are invited to feel the delicate balance of hope and grief that defines a journey away from home.

Details

Language

hu

Duration

~7 hours (434K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Albert László from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project

Release date

2018-02-16

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Mór Jókai

Mór Jókai

1825–1904

A towering figure of 19th-century Hungarian literature, he wrote with astonishing range and energy, producing novels, short fiction, plays, and journalism that made him one of his country’s best-loved storytellers. His work often blends romance, adventure, history, and a lively sense of national life.

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