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Portraits of a marriage / Sándor Márai ; translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes.

by Márai, Sándor, 1900-1989.

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Alfred A. Knopf, c2011.

Marriage -- Fiction.

Married people -- Fiction.

Spouses -- Fiction.

Mistresses -- Fiction.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.

Hungary -- History -- Fiction.

Igazi. English English

Alternate title:

1st American ed.

371 p. ; 25 cm.

Original Hungarian title: Igazi.

Translated from the Hungarian.

"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 decor 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 Peter's affection cannot transcend that which she loves most - the 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."--Inside front cover

Historical fiction.

Hungarian fiction -- Translations into English.

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