{"product_id":"book-1z1q","title":"Embers","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisitely structured novel by the Hungarian master Sandor Marai conjures the melancholy glamour of a decaying empire and the disillusioned wisdom of its last heirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a secluded woodland castle an old General prepares to receive a rare visitor, a man who was once his closest friend but who he has not seen in forty-one years. Over the ensuing hours host and guest will fight a duel of words and silences, accusations and evasions. They will exhume the memory of their friendship and that of the General’s beautiful, long-dead wife. And they will return to the time the three of them last sat together following a hunt in the nearby forest—a hunt in which no game was taken but during which something was lost forever. \u003cem\u003eEmbers \u003c\/em\u003eis a classic of modern European literature, a work whose poignant evocation of the past also seems like a prophetic glimpse into the moral abyss of the present.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67733236416816,"sku":"BD1z1q","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":67733236449584,"sku":"ZE1z1q","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":67733236482352,"sku":"ZM1z1q","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1z1q","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}