num_pages: 214
description: 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
language: English
title: Embers
titlecomplete: Embers
characters: general, Konrad
genres: Fiction, Hungarian Literature, Literature, Romance, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Hungary, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 31199
places: Hungary
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Premi Llibreter de narrativa
publisher: Vintage