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This is the title of a book by Sandor Marai which I have just finished reading. It was originally published in Hungary in 1942 and now in an English version translated by Carol Brown Janeway, first published in this country in 2002. It is one of several books by the author which are being republished. He survived the 1939-45 war but after being persecuted by the communists, escaped to Italy and then to the U.S.A. I have never read anything quite like it. The novel has practically no plot or story line. Basically it is about the friendship of two