Embers by Sandor Marai
A castle at the foot of the Carpathian mountains in the 1930s. Two men, inseparable in their youth, meet for the first time in forty-one years. They have spent their lives waiting for this moment. Four decades earlier a murky, traumatic event - something to do with a betrayal, and a woman - led to their sudden separation. Now, as their lives draw to a close, the devastating truth about that moment will be revealed. EMBERS is a masterpiece - an unforgettable story of passion, fidelity, truth, and deception.
Embers recreates the lost world of the old central European aristocracy (here placed at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains) within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with all its human interdependenceIts compact intimacy reminds one afresh of one antidote to today's bloated blockbuster: the literary novella, containing much pleasure within a relatively short span. Marai (a refugee from Communism who committed suicide in 1989) wrote this cultured drama back in the 1940s, although it wasn't discovered by English language readers until last year. The action is set during the passing of one night, as an old aristocrat greets a friend he has not seen for a generation, and at heart is a story of unrequited love. Old fashioned maybe, but very rewarding.
Sandor Marai was born in Hungary in 1900 and by 1930 was one of Hungary's leading novelists. Driven into exile in 1948 when the Communists came to power and banned his books, he lived first in Italy and then in America. He committed suicide in 1989.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670910991 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670910996 |
| Title | Embers |
| Author | Sandor Marai |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-11-03 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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