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Embers

By Sandor Marai

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| Audio CD | 9780736694681

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Originally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisitely structured novel by the Hungarian master Sandor Marai conjures the melancholy glamour of a decaying empire and the disillusioned wisdom of its last heirs.

In a secluded woodland castle an oContinue

Originally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisitely structured novel by the Hungarian master Sandor Marai conjures the melancholy glamour of a decaying empire and the disillusioned wisdom of its last heirs.

In a secluded woodland castle an old General prepares to receive a rare visitor, a man who was once his closest friend but who he has not seen in forty-one years. Over the ensuing hours host and guest will fight a duel of words and silences, accusations and evasions. They will exhume the memory of their friendship and that of the General’s beautiful, long-dead wife. And they will return to the time the three of them last sat together following a hunt in the nearby forest--a hunt in which no game was taken but during which something was lost forever. Embers is a classic of modern European literature, a work whose poignant evocation of the past also seems like a prophetic glimpse into the moral abyss of the present

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  • Not getting to know the general

    This book is being marketed as a time capsule. First published in Hungary 60 years ago, every copy, its promotional material claims, was destroyed by the communists from whom the author had fled to the West in 1948. It was only in the mid- 1990s, whe ... (read full critics)

    spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • Embers

    himself was, like Konrad, born into an impoverished branch of aristocracy in dying years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Life echoed art for Marai: he couldn't stay in a Communist Hungary and left in 1948, ending in San Francisco, a location almost a ... (read full critics)

    asianreviewofbooks published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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  • A beautiful book I had longed to read because of what critics and other readers had anticipated. The tottering east /mittel European world from the end of the 19th century up to the 30s that is brilliantly sketched and the perfect portraits that are displayed of the main characters emerge mostly ... (continue)

    A beautiful book I had longed to read because of what critics and other readers had anticipated. The tottering east /mittel European world from the end of the 19th century up to the 30s that is brilliantly sketched and the perfect portraits that are displayed of the main characters emerge mostly through the words of the 'ancient' General, one of the most memorable persons I've ever encountered in fiction.

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