Esther's Inheritance - Softcover
Twenty years after leaving her, the great love of Esther’s life sends a telegram. Tomorrow, he tells her, he is coming back.
Esther has not forgotten that her dazzling lover is a fantasist and a liar, nor that he caused her unimaginable hurt. But she also remembers how he made her feel, how he woke a part of her that has ever since been sleeping. A special meal is planned, a car arrives at the house, and – in a heightened visit for which Esther is not remotely prepared – their two lives converge for a second, dizzying time.
‘Like Embers, the novella recounts a dramatically charged meeting after a gap of decades, and it has a similarly intricate symbolism’ Guardian
‘In times of recession, they say, gold never loses its value. Neither do literary gems . . . There are some great writers I find it hard to talk about without gushing, and Márai is on that list’ Sunday Herald
‘Rediscovering Márai is like finding an Old Master painting in the attic’ Sunday Telegraph
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'Chekhovian... When the penny drops, you'll feel a shiver.'
--Evening Standard
'An astounding portrait of the most ardent - and diabolical - aspects of love.' --Independent
'The drama unfolds like a Chekhov play, in the sense of both masterful psychology and unnovelistic theatricality.' --Sunday Telegraph
'Taut, charged.'
--Observer
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--Evening Standard
'An astounding portrait of the most ardent - and diabolical - aspects of love.' --Independent
'The drama unfolds like a Chekhov play, in the sense of both masterful psychology and unnovelistic theatricality.' --Sunday Telegraph
'Taut, charged.'
--Observer
From the author of the internationally bestselling Embers comes a heart-stopping story of betrayal
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 033050407X
- ISBN 13 9780330504072
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
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