Description
In a desolate, rain-soaked Hungarian hamlet, the lives of a dozen broken souls converge amidst despair and the faint glimmer of a promised escape. As schemes and betrayals unfold, the inhabitants grapple with the elusive nature of trust and the intoxicating allure of false hope. This haunting narrative, a precursor to Béla Tarr's acclaimed film, masterfully explores the bleak beauty of human existence and the desperate, often tragic, dance towards an uncertain future. Krasznahorkai's prose plunges readers into a world teetering between the comic and the tragic, where the devil truly does have all the good times.
Available Editions
paperback
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published Jan 1, 2012
289 pages
ISBN: 9780811219563
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Details
First Published
1985
Language
hun
Translation
From: hun
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Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Satantango by László Krasznahorkai.