Sandor ination of human interaction that is laced with wistful longings for a vanished way of life.These elements coalesce to create a Rashomon tinged portrait that swirls with smoldering emotion and thwarted passion.
Ilonka, Peter and Judit each deliver their thoughts to unseen friends and present conflicting versions of their entangled web that is suffused with jealousies, betrayals and class conflicts.
The novel is a series of linked monologues that are painstakingly self absorbed perspectives of one marriage and the protagonists’ triangular relationship which impacted the union
The initial setting is in Hungary between the two World Wars. Each protagonist represents a different strata of Hungarian society. Peter is a wealthy member of the bourgeoisie. More…