Hajó a ködben

The heroes are the heirs of the Weiss Manfréd Works, the largest industrial empire in Hungary: well-known figures of economic, political and intellectual life as well as private people, friends and rivals, women and men, a large family bound by intricate ties. Most are of Jewish descent, and it is the deadly spring of 1944. Because of their enormous wealth, their story becomes a unique case in twentieth-century Hungarian history. The novel gives voice to them in their struggles to survive and in love, in compromise, betrayal and heroism, as they decide about business, the heart, leaving or staying, and life and death.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

416 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Family, War (assigned by AI)

Set in

Hungary, 1944

First published

2019 by Magvető

Author's age

65 when first published

ISBN

9789631438550 (original)