by Sándor Márai, Carol Brown Janeway
A Note About the Translator--Embers
Beautiful words that form sentences that makes one stop and think. A exquisitely written story, very descriptive, one can picture the scenes down to the minutest of detail. Friendship, the most expressive definition of a friendship between two men from different backgrounds that I have ever read. Be...
I don't know exactly what to say. No emotions, no hate or sharp disbelief, no love. It's that uncomfortable sensation, when you say "oh, it is an interesting novel" but you are cold, and, actually, you don't care much. I don't have particular critics to do, because if I stop and think about what I d...
Embers is a tale of heart-breaking beauty. The kind of beauty which is not apparent right at the onset but which makes its omnipresence felt as you keep turning the pages and reach that state of involvement with the narrative, where you cannot wait to feast your eyes and senses on another delicately...
"No, the secret is that there is no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can, because no amount of experience or insight is going to rectify our deficiencies, our self-regard, or our cupidity."___From EmbersMy review may be read in total here:http://msarki.tumblr.co...
A gentle little book. The story of meeting between two old friends, who haven't seen or spoken to each other in 41 years.Henrik and Konrad were inseparable for over 20 years of their lives, meeting in the military academy at a young age. But there always seemed to be something betwee them. Henrik...
A understated musing on friendship -- the friendships of a lifetime that are loved & lost....
In the very first 50 pages it reminds me quite a lot "The confusion of Young Toerless". by Musil. Let's see if Marai is able to go a step further.Update: in the following pages Marai is able to move away from Musil creating a very interesting and intense atmosphere of expectation. I liked the book a...
need to re-read this at some point.
This book, apparently an Eastern European classic, did not resonate with me at all, but for a different kind of reader it will be just right.Embers is about two old men who meet for the first time in decades, after some mysterious event disrupted their friendship. The short book is told from the poi...
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