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Embers.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
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May 1, 2004|
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EMBERS. Sandor Marai. 1942/2003. Read by John Lee. Books on Tape. 4 cds. No time listed. $56.00. 0-7366-9468-4.Vinyl; plot notes. A*
Marai's novel, first published in Hungarian during WW II, is an astonishing literary accomplishment. It is a tale of decline and erosion, a tale of old age and approaching death, and yet it remains always a tense and fascinating story that holds us riveted until the last moment. The story is constructed almost completely through the voice of an elderly narrator, a childless and bitter former general of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial ...
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