Bibliograph

Fever at dawn, Péter Gárdos

Type

Label

Fever at dawn, Péter Gárdos

Language

eng

Format of music

not applicable

Main title

Fever at dawn

Medium

sound recording audiobook CD

Responsibility statement

Péter Gárdos

Summary

July 1945. Miklos is a twenty-five-year-old Hungarian who has survived the camps and has been brought to Sweden to convalesce. His doctor has just given him a death sentence -- his lungs are filled with fluid and in six months he will be gone. But Miklos has other plans. He didn't survive the war only to drown from within, and so he wages war on his own fate. He acquires the names of the 117 Hungarian women also recovering in Sweden, and he writes a letter to each of them in his beautiful cursive hand. One of these women, he is sure, will become his wife. In another part of the country, Lili reads his letter and decides to write back. For the next few months, the two engage in a funny, absurd, hopeful epistolary dance. Eventually, they find a way to meet

Target audience

adult

Contributor

Creator