The theme of the story depicts the havoc and destruction wrought by the war (WW I) in prison camps and in the homes of the combatants.
Paul Javor, husband of Gizi Bajor, is imprisoned in a Russian camp in Siberia. Bajor, a wife of short duration before Javor goes to war, extremely beautiful and gay (the original definition)turns to other men for diversion. The war ends and Javor discovers he has fallen in love with a Russian girl, the 4th-billed and credited Iren Agai.
He learns what has happened at home with his diversion-prone wife, and gets himself officially listed as dead in order to stay in Russian with Agai.
Paul Javor, husband of Gizi Bajor, is imprisoned in a Russian camp in Siberia. Bajor, a wife of short duration before Javor goes to war, extremely beautiful and gay (the original definition)turns to other men for diversion. The war ends and Javor discovers he has fallen in love with a Russian girl, the 4th-billed and credited Iren Agai.
He learns what has happened at home with his diversion-prone wife, and gets himself officially listed as dead in order to stay in Russian with Agai.
