Portraits of a Marriage
The work is divided into three parts: the first is dedicated to a woman, Marika, who is having something to drink with a friend in a Budapest pastry shop and sees her ex-husband entering; the second part...
MÁRAI, Sándor
Embers
An interesting novel by one of the great writers of the 20th century. The novel describes the reunion of two great friends after 41 years of absence. The narrative focuses on the dialogue between the two:...
Esther's Inheritance
For twenty years Eszter lived in a monotonous, empty existence, trying to survive the loss of everything she had, until the day she unexpectedly receives a telegram from Lajos announcing his return....
The Island
Professor Viktor Henrik Askenasi is traveling from Paris to Greece but decides to stop in Dubrovnik. Like many of Marai’s characters, he there has a meeting with destiny, which marks a turning-point in his...
La gaviota // Le premier amour
“The Seagull” has in its form and substance a notable similarity to “The Last Encounter” and with other works of the author such as “The Legacy of Estzer” or “Divorce in Buda”. This is a story made up...