TARTALOM.
- A szultána árnyéka 3
- Örvény 15
- Gyógyulás 30
- A jó királyné 47
- Az elmulasztott pillanat 61
- A javasasszony 85
- In articulo mortis 103
- Egy párbaj 139
- Ikaros 158
- A bűn 194
- A hídon 211
- Pandora szelenczéje 219
About This Book
A collection of short stories set in ornate, often Orientalate surroundings that weave lyrical narratives about love, jealousy, and the tensions between power and desire. Episodes range from an aging ruler pained by unreciprocated passion and the captive poet whose song provokes longing, to meditations on art, enchantment, and the uneasy life within palaces and gardens; vivid sensory detail and romantic imagery underscore moral ambiguities and emotional yearning, while varied tales shift between fairy-tale motifs and realist observation to explore how beauty, possession, and solitude shape individual fate.