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Embers (novel)
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Wikipedia article
'Embers' is a 1942 novel by the Hungarian writer Sndor Mrai. Its original Hungarian title is 'A gyertyk csonkig gnek', which means "Candles burn until the end". The narrative revolves around an elderly general who invites an old friend from military school for dinner; the friend had disappeared mysteriously for 41 years, and the dinner begins to resemble a trial where the friend is prosecuted for his character traits. The book was published in English in 2001.
Reception
Anna Shapiro reviewed the book for 'The Observer' in 2002, and wrote: "Elegiac, sombre, musical, and gripping, Embers is a brilliant disquisition on friendship, one of the most ambitious in literature." Shapiro continued: "About a milieu and values that were already dying before the outbreak of World War II, it has the grandeur and sharpness of Jean Renoir's 1937 movie masterpiece 'La Grande Illusion', with which it shares, in both oblique and pronounced ways, some of its substance."
Stage play
In 2006, Embers was adapted into a stage play by Christopher Hampton, starring Jeremy Irons and Patrick Malahide.
See also
* 1942 in literature
* Hungarian literature
References
Category:1942 novels
Category:Hungarian novels
Category:Novels set in the 1940s
Category:Novels adapted into operas
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