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Disillusionment and hope intertwine in a desolate town.

"Sátántango" would captivate you if you're drawn to stories that delve into the human psyche within a crumbling societal framework. Laszlo Krasznahorkai's ability to craft atmosphere and tension in a post-Communist Hungarian setting is unparalleled. As an intellectual challenge and a literary feast of dark yet poignant prose, this book might just redefine your understanding of despair and survival.

  • BTBA Best Translated Book Award for Fiction (2013)
  • Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Longlist (2013)
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ISBN: 9781788166355
Publisher: Tuskar Rock
Date of Publication: 2020-11-05
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Classics, Dystopia, Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.14
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Translated by George Szirtes. 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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Disillusionment and hope intertwine in a desolate town.

"Sátántango" would captivate you if you're drawn to stories that delve into the human psyche within a crumbling societal framework. Laszlo Krasznahorkai's ability to craft atmosphere and tension in a post-Communist Hungarian setting is unparalleled. As an intellectual challenge and a literary feast of dark yet poignant prose, this book might just redefine your understanding of despair and survival.

  • BTBA Best Translated Book Award for Fiction (2013)
  • Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Longlist (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.