Nel 1705 - anno in cui si verifica la prima di una serie di eclissi solari che seguiranno passo passo il procedere degli eventi - lo stampatore ungherese Cornelius Csiliag ritorna dalla Germania nella terra dei padri.
Es gibt keine innigere Verbindung als die zwischen Mutter und Sohn. So ist das auch zwischen László, dem mittlerweile 44jährigen Komiker und Fernsehjournalisten, und seiner Mutter.
Set in the revolutionary Europe of 1848, this is the story of two Hungarian brothers who occupy opposing political and ideological camps: Dali, a fiery, freedom-loving romantic, and Antal, a conservative bureaucrat.
Lajos Zilahy was the leading Hungarian novelist of the 20th century and his extraordinary recreations of the momentous public events and the passionate private lives of his characters form a unique portrait of Central European life.