Author: Sandor Marai
Translator: Chang Jeong
Publisher: Sigongsa
Hardcover / 560 pages.
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About This Book
Two very old men Konrad and Henrik, "the General" once the closest of friends,
meet in 1940 in the fading splendor of the General's Hungarian castle, after
being separated for 41 years, to ponder the events that divided them.
This 1942 novel by a forgotten Hungarian novelist, rediscovered and lucidly and
beautifully translated, is a brilliant and engrossing tapestry of friendship and
betrayal, set against a backdrop of prewar splendor.
In the flickering glow and shadow of candlelight, the General recalls the past
with neither violence nor mawkish sentiment, but with restrained passion. The
two met as boys, Henrik the confident scion of a wealthy, aristocratic family,
and Konrad the sensitive son of an impoverished baron. Of their closeness, the
General says, "the eros of friendship has no need of the body." When they are
young men, Konrad introduces Henrik to Krisztina, the remarkable daughter of a
crippled musician. Henrik and Krisztina marry, and the two keep up a close
friendship with Konrad, until one morning, on a hunt, Henrik senses that Konrad
is about to fire at him. Nothing happens, but Konrad leaves at once, vanishing.
For the first time, the General goes to his friend's rooms, and then his wife
unexpectedly comes in. He never speaks to her again.
Capturing the glamour of the fin de siŠcle era, as well as its bitter aftermath,
Marai eloquently explores the tight and twisted bonds of friendship.
-- From Publishers Weekly
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