{"product_id":"embers-vintage-international-9780375707421","title":"Embers (Vintage International)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmbers (Vintage International)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Sándor Márai. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780375707421.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally 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.\n\nIn 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429006962741,"sku":"ByrdShop_0375707425","price":27.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780375707421_fb3acecf-b4d3-4f5c-92fb-e368ad98d21e.jpg?v=1784307037","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/embers-vintage-international-9780375707421","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}