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Satantango
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Satantango
Krasznahorkai's extraordinary first novel is back - and more devilish than ever.
Krasznahorkai's extraordinary first novel is back - and more devilish than ever.
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In the darkening embers of a Communist utopia, life in a desolate Hungarian town has come to a virtual standstill. Flies buzz, spiders weave, water drips, and animals root desultorily in the barnyard of a collective farm.
But when the charismatic Irimias—long thought dead—returns, the villagers fall under his spell. Irimias sets about swindling the villagers out of a fortune that might allow them to escape the emptiness and futility of their existence. He soon attains a messianic aura as he plays on the fears of the townsfolk, and a series of increasingly brutal events unfold.
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Satantango is described as a modern masterpiece that balances being both a product of its time and transcendent, according to the Sunday Telegraph. The Guardian praises it as a cleverly constructed and often exhilarating novel that stands out for its compact yet complex narrative.
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ISBN: 9781788166355
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 November 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Tuskar Rock
Edition: Main
Contributors:
- Translated by George Szirtes
- Translated by Ottilie Mulzet
- Translated by Ottilie Mulzet
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 241g
Pages: 304
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About the Author
Laszlo Krasznahorkai was born in Gyula, Hungary, in 1954. He has written five novels and won numerous prizes, including the Best Translated Book Award in Fiction, twice, the International Booker Prize in 2015 for his oeuvre, and the 2019 National Book Award for his final novel, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming.
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