Although he is now mostly remembered as a novelist, it is as a poet and a translator of poetry that Sándor Márai - the acclaimed author of "Embers" and "Conversations in Bolzano" - first made his name in the literary world. This collection, the first and only edition of Márai"s poems in the English language - here presented in John M. Rudland"s and Peter V. Czipott"s brilliant verse translation - offers a comprehensive selection spanning the author"s whole career and exemplifying his mastery of what he considered to be the highest form of literary expression.