Nyolc perc

If the sun died in an instant, nothing would be noticed for eight minutes, the time its light takes to reach the earth. In this narrative an old man and an old woman carry out their everyday rehearsals for death within such an interval. At the centre, though, is not death but love, the one thing that can survive the decline of body and mind and the decay of the flesh. As their memory gives way, the question of who they are becomes hard to answer, not for lack of self-knowledge but because they really no longer know. The old man bends over his wife, holds her face in his hands and keeps calling her name until she returns from unconsciousness.

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About the book

Form

Novella

Length

112 pages in the original

Genres

Love (assigned by AI)

First published

2007 by Magvető

Author's age

52 when first published

ISBN

9789631425611 (original)