"Candle Embers" Author: [Hungarian] Maloy Sandor / Publisher: Yilin Press / Original title: A gyertyák csonkig égnek

In the deserted manor, the owner, the old general, welcomed a rare visitor, an old friend with whom he had once been a sworn brother.

In the dim living room, the general and the visitor sat opposite each other with candles, talking all night long, remembering the general's wife who had passed away many years ago, and judging a triangle relationship of love, friendship, loyalty and betrayal. Chaos and turmoil flowed in the hearts of the two old friends, and the embers of lust and hatred continued to smolder.

In the gripping and fierce debate, Maloy used gloomy and elegy words to miss the lost imperial era, as well as the noble virtues and gentlemanly friendship that disappeared with it. The sadness of the Austro-Hungarian Empire facing its decline and the shaking of people's traditional morality when the world order collapsed are clearly visible between the lines.

Maloy Sandor

He was born into an aristocratic family in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but he lived a life of hardship and hardship, lived in exile for 41 years, and died in a foreign land. He was a giant in the Hungarian literary world in the 20th century. He wrote 56 works throughout his life and was posthumously awarded the Kosuth Prize, the highest honor in Hungarian literature. He was also a recorder, thinker, and lonely fighter of 20th century history. He pursued freedom and justice throughout his life, and insisted on independence and noble spiritual personality.

His simple words contain a huge army, and his emotions are magnificent but his expression is restrained. He writes about the relationship between marriage and family, the dialectic between friendship and love, and the offensive and defensive of class and culture. Under his calm narration, there are undercurrents. German literary critics say that he is as famous as Zweig, and other critics put him on a par with Thomas Mann, Musil, and Kafka. Because of him, the masters of 20th century literature have been re-ranked.

His name is Maloy Shandor.