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  • Embers

    by Sandor Marai ...
    Series series Vintage International
    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 ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Portraits of a Marriage

    by Sandor Marai ...
    Translated by George Szirtes ...
    Series series Vintage International
    A rediscovered masterwork from the famed Hungarian novelist Sándor Márai, Portraits of a Marriage is in fact a startling exploration of a triangle of entanglement.A wealthy couple in bourgeois society, Peter and Ilonka appear to enjoy a fine union. Their home is tastefully decorated; their clothes are well tailored; they move in important circles. And yet, to hypersensitive Ilonka, her choice in ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Casanova in Bolzano

    by Sandor Marai ...
    Series series Vintage International
    Another rediscovered masterpiece from the Hungarian novelist whose Embersbecame an international bestseller—a sensuous, suspenseful, aphoristic novel about the world’s most notorious seducer and the encounter that changes him forever. In 1756 Giacomo Casanova escapes from a Venetian prison and resurfaces in the Italian village of Bolzano. Here he receives an unwelcome visitor: the aging but still ... Read more

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    Esther's Inheritance

    Unabridged

    5 hours 30 min

    What is it to be in love with a pathological liar and fantasist? Esther is, and has been for more than twenty years. Lajos, the liar, married her sister, and when she died, Lajos disappeared. Or did he? And Esther? She was left with her elderly cousin, the all-knowing Nunu, and a worn old house, living a life of the most modest comforts. All is well, but all is tired.Until a telegram arrives ... Read more

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    The Rebels

    Unabridged

    9 hours 30 min

    Embers … Casanova in Bolzano … and now The Rebels: the third of the rediscovered novels of the great Hungarian writer—the jolting story of a troubled group of young men on the cusp of life, and death, in World War I.It is the summer of 1918. As graduation approaches at a boys’ academy in provincial Hungary, the senior class finds itself in a ghost town. Fathers, uncles, older brothers—all have ... Read more

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  • The Rebels

    by Sandor Marai ...
    Series series Vintage International
    An early novel from the great rediscovered Hungarian writer Sándor Márai*, The Rebels* is a haunting story of a group of alienated boys on the cusp of adult life—and possibly death—during World War I.It is the summer of 1918, and four boys approaching graduation are living in a ghost town bereft of fathers, uncles, and older brothers, who are off fighting at the front. The boys know they will very ... Read more

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    Casanova in Bolzano

    Unabridged

    9 hours

    Another rediscovered masterpiece from the author of Embers: an erotically charged novel–written within the framework of historical reality–about Casanova’s fateful encounter with the woman who finally defeats him.In 1756 Giacomo Casanova escaped from the dreaded cells of Venice’s most infamous jail: it is at this moment that Sándor Márai begins his story. Stopping to rest at the Italian village of ... Read more

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  • Esther's Inheritance

    by Sandor Marai ...
    Series series Vintage International
    A newly translated novel from the great rediscovered Hungarian writer: a tautly suspenseful story of unrequited love and its still vivid consequences twenty years later.What is it to be in love with a pathological liar and fantasist? Esther is, and has been for the more than two decades since Lajos disappeared from her life. Now all these years later, Lajos is returning, and the news brings both ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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    Embers

    Unabridged

    7 hours

    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 ... Read more

    $31.54 CAD

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  • Embers

    Based on the novel by Sándor Márai

    A remote 18th-century Hungarian castle is the setting for a dramatic meeting. Forty-one years after a tragic event two former friends must confront each other in a devastating bid to lay the past to rest. Betrayal, love, truth and friendship all come to the fore in this unforgettable play based on Sándor Márai's bestselling novel.Embers premiered at the Duke of York's Theatre in London's West End ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Casanova in Bolzano

    Narrated by Simon Prebble ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 22 min

    Another rediscovered masterpiece from the author of Embers: an erotically charged novel about Casanova's fateful encounter with the woman who finally defeats him. ... Read more

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    by Ann Patchett ...
    A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick“I had been so engaged by Ann Patchett’s multifaceted story, so lured in by her confiding voice, that I forgot I was on the job. […] As the best personal essays often do, Patchett’s is a two-way mirror, reflecting both the author and her readers.” — New York Times Book ReviewBlending literature and memoir, New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett, author of ... Read more

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