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3876330Portraits of a Marriagehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/portraits-of-a-marriage-9780307595386/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3402998/bbef0ff5-fd61-4613-ac44-41064b86e6d0.jpg?v=638385324334870000164188MXNKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p>A rediscovered masterwork from the famed Hungarian novelist Sándor Márai, <em>Portraits of a Marriage</em> is in fact a startling exploration of a triangle of entanglement.</p><p>A wealthy couple in bourgeois society, Peter and Ilonka appear to enjoy a fine union. Their home is tastefully decorated; their clothes are well tailored; they move in important circles. And yet, to hypersensitive Ilonka, her choice in décor is never good enough, and her looks are never fair enough to fully win the love of her husband, who has carried with him a secret that has long tormented him: Peter is in love with Judit, a peasant and servant in his childhood home. For Judit, however, even Peters affection cannot transcend that which she loves mostthe prospect of her own freedom and a future without the constraints of the society that has ensnared all three in a vortex of love and loss.</p><p>Set against the backdrop of Hungary between the wars, <em>Portraits of a Marriage</em> offers further posthumous evidence of [Márais] neglected brilliance (<em>Chicago Tribune</em>) and his exquisite, acutely observed evocations of sacrifice and longing.</p>...3812518Portraits of a Marriage164188https://www.gandhi.com.mx/portraits-of-a-marriage-9780307595386/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3402998/bbef0ff5-fd61-4613-ac44-41064b86e6d0.jpg?v=638385324334870000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20119780307595386_W3siaWQiOiI2YmM0MTBhYS02ZDYzLTQxNWQtODhkMi0yM2VkYTBmYmUxY2UiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjE4OCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjI0LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE2NCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780307595386_<p>A rediscovered masterwork from the famed Hungarian novelist Sándor Márai, <em>Portraits of a Marriage</em> is in fact a startling exploration of a triangle of entanglement.</p><p>A wealthy couple in bourgeois society, Peter and Ilonka appear to enjoy a fine union. Their home is tastefully decorated; their clothes are well tailored; they move in important circles. And yet, to hypersensitive Ilonka, her choice in décor is never good enough, and her looks are never fair enough to fully win the love of her husband, who has carried with him a secret that has long tormented him: Peter is in love with Judit, a peasant and servant in his childhood home. For Judit, however, even Peters affection cannot transcend that which she loves mostthe prospect of her own freedom and a future without the constraints of the society that has ensnared all three in a vortex of love and loss.</p><p>Set against the backdrop of Hungary between the wars, <em>Portraits of a Marriage</em> offers further posthumous evidence of Márais neglected brilliance (<em>Chicago Tribune</em>) and his exquisite, acutely observed evocations of sacrifice and longing.</p>...(*_*)9780307595386_<p>A rediscovered masterwork from the famed Hungarian novelist Sándor Márai, <em>Portraits of a Marriage</em> is in fact a startling exploration of a triangle of entanglement.</p><p>A wealthy couple in bourgeois society, Peter and Ilonka appear to enjoy a fine union. Their home is tastefully decorated; their clothes are well tailored; they move in important circles. And yet, to hypersensitive Ilonka, her choice in décor is never good enough, and her looks are never fair enough to fully win the love of her husband, who has carried with him a secret that has long tormented him: Peter is in love with Judit, a peasant and servant in his childhood home. For Judit, however, even Peters affection cannot transcend that which she loves mostthe prospect of her own freedom and a future without the constraints of the society that has ensnared all three in a vortex of love and loss.</p><p>Set against the backdrop of Hungary between the wars, <em>Portraits of a Marriage</em> offers further posthumous evidence of [Márais] neglected brilliance (<em>Chicago Tribune</em>) and his exquisite, acutely observed evocations of sacrifice and longing.</p>...9780307595386_Knopf Doubleday Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_4cc1a628-0dde-4772-b03e-cef0a45dda68_9780307595386;9780307595386_9780307595386Sandor MaraiInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-f798d6aa-818e-4939-ab7e-7365fca14ae0.epub2011-02-22T00:00:00+00:00Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group