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The Rebels
The Rebels | Sandor Marai
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An early novel from the great rediscovered Hungarian writer Sndor Mrai, The Rebels is a haunting story of a group of alienated boys on the cusp of adult lifeand possibly deathduring World War I. It is the summer of 1918, and four boys approaching graduation are living in a ghost town bereft of fathers, uncles, and older brothers, who are off fighting at the front. The boys know they will very soon be sent to join their elders, and in their final weeks of freedom they begin acting out their frustrations and fears in a series of subversive games and petty thefts. But when they attract the attention of a stranger in townan actor with a traveling theater companytheir games, and their lives, begin to move in a direction they could not have predicted and cannot control, and one that reveals them to be strangers to one another. Resisting and defying adulthood, they find themselves still subject to its baffling power even in their attempted rebellion. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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#JuneItsElectrifying Day 10: This Hungarian novel features #WildDelinquents who were committing rebellious acts and misdemeanours as a response to the absence of their fathers, uncles, older brothers who were in the front lines during WW1. Bought this at the Alexandra Book Cafe (which is gorgeous) in Budapest. Full book hunting expedition here: https://gatheringbooks.org/2013/08/11/bhe-65-book-hunting-in-budapest-part-2/

RadicalReader @GatheringBooks gorgeous cover 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌🏻👍🏻 pretty pic!!! 6y
vkois88 So beautiful 6y
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The Rebels | Sandor Marai
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#LyricalApril Day 9: #Renegades - bought this book in Budapest after asking booksellers who are the local authors they could recommend. Sandor Marai came out on top of the list. Clearly, rebels are renegades too. :)

Cinfhen I love that idea💡 buying a local author whilst on vacation 😍 8y
GatheringBooks @Cinfhen oohlala - that is what I always do! Book hunter through and through. 8y
cathysaid I loved Embers so gotta stack this one...stat! 8y
Lmstraubie I started buying from local bookshops while on vacation, but never thought to buy a book by a local author. Thank you for the brilliant idea! 8y
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