: During World War I, Otto is mobilised to the front. He finds that the skills he used on livestock translate seamlessly into the "obediencia criminal" (criminal obedience) of war, where he bayonets enemies with the same clinical detachment he used on cattle.
: While shorter than his later masterpieces like Embers , this work already displays Márai’s trademark "cold concision" and synthetic detail. El Matarife Sandor Marai epub
: Márai is unsparing in his ridicule of secondary characters, including the emperor, depicting a society that "sweats the smells of animal existence". Reader's Guide for EPUB Editions : During World War I, Otto is mobilised to the front
(Hungarian: A mészáros ), published in 1924, is the debut novel of the celebrated Hungarian writer Sándor Márai . Written when the author was only 24 years old, the novel explores the psychological descent of a man desensitised to violence by his profession and the horrors of World War I . Plot Summary : Márai is unsparing in his ridicule of
: The book is a brief, intense read divided into three chapters, making it more of a "long short story" or novella.
