{"product_id":"embers-vintage-international-1","title":"Embers (Vintage International)","description":"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.\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\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0375707425\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0375707425.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Sándor Márai|Carol Brown Janeway\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43336933933117,"sku":"BVV.0375707425.VG","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0375707425-0_8ae462e1-0bf0-4a23-bf85-d4de230a40e1.jpg?v=1783814015","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/embers-vintage-international-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}