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Laszlo Krasznahorkai - Satantango and other works (9 books)

LÁSZLÓ KRASZNAHORKAI (b. 1954) is an internationally acclaimed Hungarian novelist

and screenwriter who is known for critically difficult and demanding novels, often
labeled as postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Susan Sontag
described him as "the contemporary Hungarian master of apocalypse who inspires
comparison with Gogol and Melville". In 2015, he received the Man Booker
International Prize and several of his works have been turned into feature films by
film director Béla Tarr.

His most famous publication, the novel SATANTANGO (1985), is a dystopian novel set
in his native Hungary and immediately thrust him into the forefront of Hungarian
literary life. It received a Best Translated Book Award in English in 2013. In
1993, his novel THE MELANCHOLY OF RESISTANCE received the German Bestenliste-Prize
for the best literary work of the year. The narrative is set in a restless town
where a mysterious circus, which exhibits a whale and nothing else, contributes to
an apocalyptic atmosphere. In DESTRUCTION AND SORROW BENEATH THE HEAVENS (2004),
the author draws upon his experiences in China and reflects on the country's
tradition, historical continuity and its relation with modernity.

In his most recently translated collection of stories, THE WORLD GOES ON (2013),
Krasznahoraki himself explains: "Each text is about drawing our attention away from
this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselves in a
current of thought or a narrative." As novelist Adam Thirlwell has remarked, "The
excitement of his writing is that he has come up with this own original forms --
there is nothing else like it in contemporary literature."

The following books are in ePUB format unless otherwise noted:

* Animalinside (New Directions, 2010). Translated by Ottilie Mulzet. -- PDF

* Art of Fiction no. 240 (Paris Review, Summer 2018). Interview by Adam Thirlwell.
-- PDF
* Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens (Seagull, 2016). Translated by Ottilie
Mulzet.
* Last Wolf & Herman (New Directions, 2016). Translated by George Szirtes.
* Melancholy of Resistance, The (New Directions, 2000). Translated by George
Szirtes.
* Satantango (New Directions, 2012). Translated by George Szirtes.
* Seiobo There Below (New Directions, 2013). Translated by Ottilie Mulzet.
* War and War (New Directions, 2006). Translated by George Szirtes.
* World Goes On, The (New Directions, 2017). Translated by John Batki et al.

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