Sándor Márai (1900–1989)
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Történelmi regények 4 copies
Śladami bogów 2 copies
המורדים 2 copies
Knjiga o travama 2 copies
Történelmi Regények I. 2 copies
Mágia 2 copies
Tagebücher, Bd.6, 1945-1957 1 copy
Lumanarile ard pana la capat 1 copy
A Herança de Eszter 1 copy
ŽVAKĖS SUDEGA IKI GALO 1 copy
A La Luz De Los Candelabros 1 copy
Naplo 1 copy
Ami a Naplóból kimaradt 1 copy
Tagebücher, Bd.2, 1984-89 1 copy
Lời bộc bạch của một Thị dân 1 copy
Európa elrablása 1 copy
Kitepett noteszlapok Marai Sandor osszegyujtott irasai ausztriai es nemetorszagi lapokban (2005) 1 copy
Hallgatni akartam 1 copy
Wagter 1 copy
Rebeldes + Herança de Eszter 1 copy
Bir burjuvan♯łn itiraflar♯ł 1 copy
Bốn mùa - Trời và đất 1 copy
Cizí lidé = [Idegen Emberek] 1 copy
La gaviota (Spanish Edition) 1 copy
A la luz de los candelabros 1 copy
Los celosos 1 copy
Kronika Niedzielna 1 copy
Những ngọn nến cháy tàn 1 copy
℗La ℗donna giusta 1 copy
Vzbúrenci 1 copy
Posila 1 copy
Porwanie Europy 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Márai, Sándor
- Legal name
- Grosschmid, Sándor Károly Henrik
- Other names
- Márai, Alexander
- Birthdate
- 1900-04-11
- Date of death
- 1989-02-21
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Hungary
USA (1957) - Country (for map)
- Hungary
- Birthplace
- Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia)
- Place of death
- San Diego, California, USA
- Cause of death
- suicide
- Places of residence
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Paris, France
Budapest, Hungary
Posillipo, Italy
Salerno, Italy
New York, New York, USA (show all 7)
San Diego, California, USA - Occupations
- journalist
writer
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- Works
- 193
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 8,950
- Popularity
- #2,687
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 270
- ISBNs
- 671
- Languages
- 24
- Favorited
- 42
The colors on his palette are combined again with a brush with all kinds of violent gestures and skill and a new color appears.
There is a faint pencil sketch visible on the canvas, but it takes a long time before it becomes clear what is actually being put on the canvas.
Eventually, if you have enough patience and time you will see the appearance, the portrait or the landscape.
Marai is such a painter with words. Step by step, people appear on the scene, characters gain color, events come to life. It will not appeal to everyone that such a lengthy monologue takes place with only the noise of the nurse, servants and a sudden gust of wind interrupting his story.
And to be honest, that is something that prevents me from giving 5 stars. For me personally, it is the second novel by Marai that I have read, and in that other novel it is also mainly a one-sided monologue.
Yet, his play with words, like a painter with his palette, creates a story, a work of art.… (more)