Böszörményi Zoltán - Sóvárgás

Sóvárgás is a moving novella by Zoltán Böszörményi, the Hungarian poet and winner of the József Attila Prize, based on a real story. It gives voice to a young girl who longs for her mother after she leaves to work abroad as a migrant worker.

The book addresses one of the saddest phenomena of Central and Eastern European society: the children of workers who move to Western Europe and are raised at home by grandparents or strangers. Behind this personal ordeal lies the tragedy of an entire region.

This 112-page hardcover edition with a protective dust jacket was published in 2019 by Előretolt Helyőrség Íróakadémia. Böszörményi presents the work as an urgent warning: when the emotional bond between parent and child is severed, it damages not only individual lives but the fabric of society itself.