From the Embers

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Embers is a 1942 novel by the Hungarian writer Sándor Márai. The book was published in English in 2001.

read this after reading the novel, this reviewer gives way way way too much away! ( https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/14/bo... Esther's Inheritance (1939, published in English in 2008), Hungarian title: Eszter hagyatéka. ISBN 1-4000-4500-2 Finalul aduce aminte de întorsăturile ironice ale lui Franz Kafka. Oaspetele spune la sfîrșit: „Acum nu-ți mai răspund nici la această întrebare... Cred că am clarificat totul” (p.167). După plecarea lui Konrad, generalul mărturisește bătrînei sale doici, Nini, că se simte „mult mai liniștit” (p.172). A spus tot ce avea pe suflet, n-a primit nici un răspuns, poate că nici nu avea nevoie de el, fiindcă îl bănuia din capul locului. It is love itself that brings us all together. As human family we are part of, this singular voice that is the accumulation of all voices raised together in praise of all Creation, this one heartbeat, this one drum, this one immaculate love that put us here together--so that we could learn it’s primary teaching, that love is the energy of creation, that it takes love to create love.’ A small volume of wisdom, well-worth contemplating. The book is enhanced with beautiful photography.

En El último encuentro asistimos a un diálogo entre los amigos reencontrados que, a medida que se desenmaraña la madeja de los recuerdos y crece la tensión, se va transformando en un particular ajuste de cuentas. Pero, aunque la venganza sea un plato que se sirve frío, tras cuarenta y un años en la nevera este manjar resulta ser bastante poco apetitoso y las explicaciones que el general lleva tanto tiempo esperando terminan teniendo un decepcionante regusto a disertación sobre la amistad, sobre la diferencia, sobre los secretos. En el fondo ambos, el honorable soldado y el amante de Chopin, son ya un anacronismo en los nuevos tiempos que convulsionan el Viejo Continente. Su tiempo se ha acabado y lo saben; sólo les queda una cosa por hacer: celebrar su último encuentro. Our elders teach that the dream world and the real world operate on the same energy. You link them through the power of choice. Choose action and the dream moves ever closer to the real. This was a powerful read that pulled my heart along with the narrator Henrik’s soul-searching dialogue (perhaps monologue is more appropriate) with his best friend and enemy Konrad whom he has not seen for forty-one years. The story is set in the 1900s in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Of the many meaningful and thought provoking words, sentences, paragraphs and dialogues in this book of meditations, I have chosen a few to share here.

Casanova in Bolzano (1940, published in English in 2004), Hungarian title: Vendégjáték Bolzanóban ISBN 0-375-71296-8 During a museum visit, this painting by Rik Wouters (1882-1916) reminded me of a crucial, pivotal scene in Embers, a novel that I loved so much I re-read it several times after first listening to it in instalments on the radio. The resurgence of this glowing memory made me smile, because it reminded me how the aesthetic joy that the work of both the writer and the painter offered me in that period also were in some way connected. I fondly recall how delighted I was when I was gifted Portraits of a Marriage on the day my son was born, and on top of that discovering in it a bookmark with a painting of Rik Wouters, all in the year of visiting an exhibition presenting an overview of the art of Rik Wouters in Brussels which made quite an impression on me. I mean COME ON!!!! Need I say more? Also, I know Alastair is cute or whatever but he's toxic and we don't vibe with him so that's that, You can't change my mind. I like my men morally grey and villainous and he's simply just not fitting the criteria. He is well-written however and I applaud Fay for it.

Diaries & Calendars

Davyna Is my woman crush 100%. No question about it. The way Fay made her such a badass, but also showed that it's okay to fall down sometimes and that sometimes when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. I not only fell in love with davynas character but also her determination and confidence. Kadeyan is a bad boy daddy and I simp him for life. (written while I drool over him). Can we please talk about this quote from the book?

These days, I choose to face life head-on - and I have become a comet. I arc across the sky of my life and the hard times are the friction that shaves off the worn and tired bits. The more I travel head-on, the more I am shaped, and the things that no longer work or are unnecessary drop away. It's a good way to travel. I believe eventually I will wear away all resistance, until all that's left of me is light. First off, it's going to be very hard to write this without spoilers. So I will try my best. However if you get one thing from this review Go read this book .

The Embers

Il ritmo incalzante della scrittura inchioda il lettore in un clima di progressiva tensione fino all'ultima pagina. E pensare che l'ho letto solo perché era l'unico libro che abbiamo trovato condivisibile con un amico (È abbastanza rompipalle schizzinoso quando si parla di libri). After the affair and the fleeing of his ex-friend, the general never saw his wife again. She stayed at the house and he moved into the hunting lodge a mile away. She died eight years later. For 40 years he knew her intimate diary contained the answer to his question but he never opened it, burning it the night of the meeting with his ex-friend - thus the title. But by then we know the answer to the question. Embers - “heart songs, spirit songs “ which become “honor songs “ as he shares them with us . How beautiful is that? The two of us could sit outside for hours talking about nothing, and it filled the massive hole in my chest with new life.

Con su prosa sutil y ligera, Sándor Márai es capaz de engarzar la vida de los protagonistas de El último encuentro en la historia de Europa con la pericia de un orfebre. Con una naturalidad sorprendente, sin apenas mencionar personajes ni aportar datos, los grandes acontecimientos del siglo XX van marcando el tempo de la narración: los personajes bailan al son de la música de la Historia. The City of Ember is a post-apocalyptic novel by Jeanne DuPrau that was published in 2003. The story is about Ember, a post-apocalyptic underground city threatened by aging infrastructure and corruption. The young protagonists, Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow, follow clues left behind by the original builders of the City of Ember, to safety in the outside world. Sándor Márai (originally Sándor Károly Henrik Grosschmied de Mára) was a Hungarian writer and journalist.Ora il Generale ha delle questioni da porre, le quali da strettamente private diventano esistenziali. Ed è proprio la presenza di questo 'afflato cosmico' a collocare il celebre scrittore ungherese Sandor Marai fra i Grandi della letteratura. We are born into a state of relationship, and our ceremonies and rituals are guides to lead us deeper into that relationship with all things. Big lesson? Relationships never end; they just change. In believing that lies the freedom to carry compassion, empathy, love, kindness and respect into and through whatever changes. We are made more by that practice. The ex-friend had an affair with his wife 40 years ago and he has one question to ask him: did his (now deceased) wife know that his friend intended to kill him while they were out hunting in 1899 and make it look like an accident? The friend obviously did not kill him and instead left the army and fled town. A graphic novel adaptation by comic book artist Niklas Asker was released on September 25, 2012. [2] Plot summary [ edit ]