Portraits of a Marriage (精装)
分类: 图书,进口原版书,Literature & Fiction（文学与虚构类）,Genre Fiction（类型小说）,
品牌: Sandor MaraiGeorge Szirtes
基本信息出版社:ALFRED A KNOPF (2011年2月22日)精装:384页正文语种:英语ISBN:1400045010条形码:9781400045013ASIN:1400045010商品描述内容简介A masterwork from the famed Hungarian novelist Sándor Márai,Portraits of a Marriageis in fact a portrait of a triangle—three passionate, single-minded lovers fighting over the marriage at the center, each of them bearing the capacity to love irrationally to an irreparable degree.
A wealthy couple in bourgeois society, Peter and Ilona appear to enjoy a fine union. But each of them loves someone or something different. For Ilona, it is Peter. For Peter, it is their child but also the servant, Judit. And for Judit, it is her very future. The result is a vortex of love, sacrifice, and self-preservation from which there is no escape.
Set against the backdrop of Hungary between the wars,Portraits of a Marriageoffers further “posthumous evidence of [Márai’s] neglected brilliance” (Chicago Tribune).媒体推荐A masterwork from the famed Hungarian novelist Sandor Marai, "Portraits of a Marriage" is in fact a portrait of a triangle--three passionate, single-minded lovers fighting over the marriage at the center, each of them bearing the capacity to love irrationally to an irreparable degree.
A wealthy couple in bourgeois society, Peter and Ilona appear to enjoy a fine union. But each of them loves someone or something different. For Ilona, it is Peter. For Peter, it is their child but also the servant, Judit. And for Judit, it is her very future. The result is a vortex of love, sacrifice, and self-preservation from which there is no escape.
Set against the backdrop of Hungary between the wars, "Portraits of a Marriage" offers further "posthumous evidence of [Marai's] neglected brilliance" ("Chicago Tribune").
