Books by Laszlo Krasznahorkai (3)


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A Mountain to the North, A Lake to The South, Paths to the West, A River to the East by Laszlo Krasznahorkai EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Hungary flag Hungary
Description:
The grandson of Prince Genji lives outside of space and time and wanders the grounds of an old monastery in Kyoto. The monastery, too, is timeless, with barely a trace of any human presence. The wanderer is searching for a garden that has long captivated him. This novel by International Booker Prize winner Laszlo Krasznahorkai - perhaps his most serene and poetic work - describes a search for the[Bokinfo].

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Satantango by László Krasznahorkai EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Hungary flag Hungary
Description:
Tells the story of a small hamlet in Hungary, near the end of the Communist period, on the brink of collapse following years of failure, betrayal, and aborted dreams.

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The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Hungary flag Hungary
Description:
Winner of the 2015 Man Booker International PrizeThe Melancholy of Resistance, László Krasznahorkai's magisterial, surreal novel, depicts a chain of mysterious events in a small Hungarian town.A circus, promising to display the stuffed body of the largest whale in the world, arrives in the dead of winter, prompting bizarre rumours. Word spreads that the circus folk have a sinister purpose in mind, and the frightened citizens cling to any manifestation of order they can find - music, cosmology, fascism.The novel's characters are unforgettable: the evil Mrs. Eszter, plotting her takeover of the ... continue