Barbarians

One day, the shepherd was grazing his flock, as he had always done, when suddenly the dog started barking. Two shepherds approached him. One rode on a mule and the other walked, and they were accompanied by two Komondors (Hungarian dog breed). They sat down on the ground but did not talk. The shepherd's 12-year-old son also arrived. The new shepherds asked about the wife, and then the conversation turned to the shepherd's leash. They wanted to buy it from him, but he didn't want to give it up because he made it himself. The two shepherds beat the shepherd and his son to death, even the dog. They dug a hole and buried them, then took the flock and drove it away....

Barbarians is a Hungarian short novel by Zsigmond Móricz. It's a short and unsettling story about darkness of the human nature.

With this creation, I aimed to express a particular emotion. The feeling of solitude and vulnerability, when one is facing something or someone unknown, which is both dangerous and familiar at the same time. I hope you find it appealing.