Embers

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

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 08/13/2002
ISBN: 9780375707421
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Booksense '76 Sep/Oct 2002 09/01/2002 pg. 1
New York Times 09/01/2002 pg. 16