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Sándor Márai (1900–1989)

Author of Embers

188+ Works 8,734 Members 267 Reviews 42 Favorited

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Works by Sándor Márai

Embers (1942) 3,911 copies
Portraits of a Marriage (1941) 756 copies
La herencia de Eszter (2008) 689 copies
Casanova in Bolzano (2004) 651 copies
The Rebels (1930) 474 copies
Divorcio en Buda (1935) 322 copies
Bekentenissen van een burger (1935) 316 copies
Memoir of Hungary, 1944-1948 (1973) 278 copies
The Island (1934) 136 copies
De meeuw (1943) 129 copies
La sorella (1946) 125 copies
Liberazione (2000) 83 copies
Das Wunder des San Gennaro (1965) 61 copies
Füves könyv (1943) 61 copies
Tagebücher 1984 - 1989. (1997) 58 copies
Vrede op Ithaca (1952) 55 copies
Truciolo (1932) 47 copies
Volevo tacere (2013) 40 copies
Er is in Rome iets gebeurd (2009) 37 copies
Die vier Jahreszeiten (2000) 23 copies
Szindbád hazamegy (1940) 22 copies
Le premier amour (1928) 18 copies
Napló : 1943-1944 (1990) 16 copies
Il vento viene da Ovest (2000) 14 copies
Sąd w Canudos (2002) 12 copies
La nuit du bûcher (1975) 12 copies
Napló : 1958-1967 (1984) 9 copies
A kassai polgárok (1990) 9 copies
Ljubomorni (2006) 9 copies
El matarife (2019) 8 copies
Napló : 1945-1957 (1990) 8 copies
The Withering World (1656) 7 copies
Kassai őrjárat (1999) 7 copies
Échec et mat (2021) 6 copies
Napló, 1968-1975 (1992) 5 copies
Műsoron kívül (2004) 5 copies
Napló, 1976-1983 (2001) 5 copies
Dziennik (2004) 5 copies
Ajándék a végzettől (2004) 5 copies
Dziennik 1943-1948 (2016) 4 copies
Szabadulás (2000) 4 copies
Tájak, városok, emberek (2002) 4 copies
Rozwód w Budzie (2011) 3 copies
A szerelem három arca (2005) 3 copies
W podróży (2011) 3 copies
Stara miłość (2020) 3 copies
Ihlet és nemzedék (1992) 3 copies
Boros könyv (2012) 3 copies
Znieważeni (2012) 3 copies
Sviece zhoria do tla (2010) 3 copies
Judit ...és az utóhang (1992) 3 copies
Bolhapiac (2009) 2 copies
Az igazi (2006) 2 copies
Les Grands Romans (2016) — Author — 2 copies
Mágia 2 copies
Verseskönyv (2015) 2 copies
Csutora (1991) 2 copies
Obcy (2012) 2 copies
Śladami bogów 2 copies
Wyznania patrycjusza (2014) 2 copies
המורדים 2 copies
Sirály - A sziget (2003) 2 copies
Budán lakni világnézet (2014) 2 copies
Mémoires de Hongrie (1972) 2 copies
Napló 1968-1975 (1976) 2 copies
1948 (1998) 2 copies
Tagebücher 1985 - 1989 (2004) 2 copies
Napló, 1984-1989 (1999) 2 copies
Ta prawdziwa (2021) 2 copies
Posila 1 copy
Wyspa (2009) 1 copy
Otok (2020) 1 copy
Vzbúrenci 1 copy
Zem, zem!... pamäti (2010) 1 copy
Kniha byliniek (2010) 1 copy
Napló : 1984-1989 (2002) 1 copy
Buda'da Bir Bosanma (2022) 1 copy
Dziennik 1967-1976 (2019) 1 copy
Dziennik 1957-1966 (2018) 1 copy
Dziennik 1949-1956 (2017) 1 copy
Οι στάχτες (2000) 1 copy
Los celosos 1 copy
Naplo 1 copy
Maruderzy (2013) 1 copy
Porwanie Europy (2022) 1 copy
Föld, föld! (2006) 1 copy
Válás Budán (2010) 1 copy
Kassai őrjárat (2000) 1 copy
Mágia (2022) 1 copy
A teljes napló 1946 (2007) 1 copy
Német farsang (2019) 1 copy
Vasárnapi krónika (1994) 1 copy
Itália életérzés (2014) 1 copy
Deníky (2009) 1 copy
Jelvény és jelentés (2007) 1 copy
Varázs [színmű] (2011) 1 copy
A teljes napló, 1949 (2008) 1 copy
Amerika délibáb (2015) 1 copy
Zpověď (2003) 1 copy
Fedőneve: Ulysses (2014) 1 copy

Associated Works

Meesters der Hongaarse vertelkunst (1957) — Contributor — 9 copies

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The supposed masterpiece was a great disappointment. It's a very pale, boring near copy of the great Henry James true masterpiece, Wings of the Dove.
 
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lschiff | 145 other reviews | Sep 24, 2023 |
Steeped in pre-war ambiance (it was first published in 1942), the story of a three-person relationship through the eyes of one of them. Well-told, interesting story, but for the fact that I found the protagonist insufferable. Enjoyed the writing, but the translation (from the German, not the original Hungarian) hit clunkers more often than I would have expected.
 
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Gypsy_Boy | 145 other reviews | Aug 26, 2023 |
I like this author's work very much, initially introduced to him in his brief, great novel Embers. All of his books were written in Hungarian, and only five of them have been translated into English.

Portraits is a story of a marriage told by three protagonists - the wife, the husband, and the other woman/love of his life. Each tells the story to one other person. The issues are class differences and their effects on the relationship, the making of a marriage, and expectations of a marriage. This novel is another example (after the two of his books I had already read) of the author's remarkable insight into human beings. It is outstanding.

An artifact - Marai was the first person to review Franz Kafka's books.
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RickGeissal | 30 other reviews | Aug 16, 2023 |
Another (see, Embers) exquisite book by Sandor Marai, a brilliant writer.
 
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Christina Viragh Translator
Marinella D'Alessandro Translator, Editor
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George Szirtes Translator
Georges Régnier Translator
Zéno Bianu Traduction
Catherine Fay Translator, Traduction, Editor, Translator
Feliks Netz Translator
Zéno Bianu Translator, Traduction
Henry Kammer Translator
Christina Kunze Translator
Charles Zaremba Translator
Ladislas Gara Translator
Marcel Largeaud Translator
Laura Sgarioto Translator
Giacomo Bonetti Translator
Simon Prebble Narrator
Ernö Zeltner Translator
Margit Ban Translator
L. Székely Translator
Hans Skirecki Übersetzer
Selina Guiness Translator (Poems)
Albert Tezla Translator
Edzard de Groot Cover designer
Ferenc Körmendi Introduction
L. Székely Translator
Tibor Simányi Translator
Raymond Barre Avant-propos
Frans van Nes Translator
Eve Barre Translator
Ernö Zelter Übersetzer
Ernö Zeltner Translator
Markus Bieler Translator
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Works
188
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Members
8,734
Popularity
#2,740
Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
267
ISBNs
664
Languages
21
Favorited
42
Touchstones
283

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