Márai, Sándor, 1900-1989.

Esther's inheritance / Sándor Márai ; translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes. - 1st American ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. - 148 p. ; 20 cm.

"Orginally published in Hungary as Eszter hagyatéka by Révai, Budapest, in 1939."--T.p. verso. "This is a Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso.

What is it like to be in love with a pathological liar and fantasist? Esther is, and has been for more than 20 years. "Esther's Inheritance" presents a remarkable narrator who delivers a story as both tragedy and comedy.

9781400045006

2008019610


Homecoming--Fiction.
Middle-aged women--Fiction.
Swindlers and swindling--Fiction.

PH3281.M35 / E8613 2008

894/.511334