Embers Av Sandor Marai

<p>''Wonderful. Immensely moving'' <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br>As darkness settles on a forgotten castle at the foot of the Carpathian mountains, two men sit down to a final meal together. They have not seen one another in forty-one years. At their last meeting, in the company of a beautiful woman, an unspoken act of betrayal left all three lives shattered - and each of them alone. Tonight, as wine stirs the blood, it is time to talk of old passions and that last, fateful meeting.<br><br>''Extraordinary. Elegiac, sombre, musical and gripping. An immensely wise book'' <i>Observer</i><br><br>''A masterpiece. Works beautifully as a novel of suspense ... whose denouement is as exciting as a detective tale. It is a thrill to read something so startlingly original'' <i>Evening Standard</i><br><br>''Utterly compelling. An extraordinary and beautiful novel'' <i>Scotsman</i> <br><br>''One of those novels which stays in the memory long after it has been put down. A masterpiece'' <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></p>