From a meeting between Mihai, who is spending his honeymoon in Italy, with an old friend, the events of this novel begin. He soon finds himself leaving his wife at a train station, and begins his own journey, searching for himself and the memories of his youth. Traveling from one city to another, Mihai experiences the anxiety of his existential questions, and meets friends of that period. He learns the reason for Tamas’ suicide, and Eva’s relationship to this incident, but what does he really want from recalling stories told by time?
In this novel, which is considered one of the most prominent Hungarian novels in the modern era, which achieved great success, was translated into several languages, and was adapted for theater and cinema, the reader feels as if the author is able to penetrate his depths, and not only the depths of his characters.
And in this novel specifically, escape is summed up...in the entire story!
You feel that you must return to this novel after the end
As if it was the happy ending that was supposed to be
That this was the eternal moment, that it was the right decision that had to be taken
If only we could strike a balance between pleasure and suffering...
And to escape from fears for certainty..
To learn to escape from our deadly questions to save the moments we love!
Let us enjoy stability on the shoulder of safety
Don't run away from us..
