'Readers who love Ishiguro's repressed voices will love Márai's.

(.) (T)here is also about Embers, which has been brilliantly translated into English by Carol Janeway, an elemental in its simplicity and it is all the greater for being so.' - David Davidar, The Hindu

'(O)ne of the wisest novels I've read in a long time.

'(I)t is pure, self-sufficient and quite unlike anything else you'll find on the shelves.' - Nicholas Lezard, The Guardian.(.) It has been a bestseller in Europe and the US, and it's easy to see why: there's a smidgen of Agatha Christie, a soupçon of Mills and Boon, topped off with graceful prose and a hint of Beckett avant la lettre.' - Tibor Fischer, The Guardian This news caused me to throw furniture around my room, and I'd fear for the translator's safety if she ever went to Hungary. (.) What about the style ? Translation from Hungarian wasn't a problem, since this version has been translated from the German. 'Describing the story of Embers is almost to do it a disservice.Da, wo nicht erzählt wird, wird erklärt, und das geschieht fast immer.' - Kerstin Hensel, Freitag Der zuckrige, aber humorlose Stil verhindert jede wirkliche Figurengestaltung, und die Unmenge Klischees (.) haben mich nichts als verärgert. 'Der Roman ist nur selten erzählt, sondern Handlungen und Vorgänge werden ständig behauptet.He delivers profound meditations on the nature of friendship, domestic bliss and hopeless passion, and the final scene is among the most subtle I have ever read.' - Paul Bailey, Daily Telegraph 'Henrik's monologue is immensely moving and pertinent.Not quite a consensus, but generally very enthusiastic Embers is being made into a film, directed by Milos Forman and starring Sean Connery, Klaus Maria Brandauer, and Winona Ryder (presumably to be released in late 2004 or 2005)ī+ : atmospheric novel of bygone times, and lost love and friendship.Hungarian title: A gyertyák csonkig égnek.

Translated by Carol Brown Janeway (apparently - and outrageously - not from the Hungarian original but from the German translation.

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Embers by Sándor Márai