Satantango
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025
By Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Translated by George Szirtes, Translated by Ottilie Mulzet
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.
- ISBN:
- 9781788166355
- Format:
- Paperback / softback
- Pages:
- 304
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Profile Books Ltd
- Imprint:
- Tuskar Rock
- Weight:
- 250 g