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A Central European among Whites

Sándor Márai’s A gyertyák csonkig égnek (Embers) in The Context of World Literature

Summary/Abstract: The Hungarian immigrant author, Sándor Márai thought that his works were not possible to translate, but his success in the international book market since the turn of the Millennium have brought an effective denial of the author’s expectation. Abroad, in the center of Márai’s most read books is the novel A gyertyák csonkig égnek (Embers / Les braises / Le braci / Die Glut) which is not seen by the Hungarian critics as a most ambitious work of the author. The key of its success could be the nostalgic feeling about the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy’s lost world. How could we get from his actual success to the dialogue of his oeuvre with the world literature? The answer could be given by the research of the international and regional literary context of Márai’s work. As an example, the study aims to highlight the deep connections between the approach of language and identity of the novel A gyertyák csonkig égnek and the Austrian (and in the broader sense Central-European) Modernism.

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