Gárdonyi Géza - A láthatatlan ember BK24-156373

Géza Gárdonyi's historical novel "A láthatatlan ember" follows Zéta, a young Thracian who is sold as a slave in the marketplace of Constantinople, at a time when the name of the Huns already echoes across the world. After many hardships he becomes the slave, pupil and friend of the rhetorician Priscus. Grown into a learned young man, he accompanies Priscus on an imperial embassy to Attila and gets to know the land, customs and way of life of the Huns.

At Attila's court Zéta is also caught by love. Torn between hope and doubt, he tries to rise above his station and win Emőke as an equal, and so he fights in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains alongside the Huns. In the end he must accept that she loves Attila.

The novel explores the depths of the human soul, suggesting that a person can never be truly known, since the real self lies behind the face, unseen.