WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025 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. Translated by George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet
| ISBN: | 9781788166355 |
| Publication date: | 5th November 2020 |
| Author: | László Krasznahorkai |
| Publisher: | Tuskar Rock an imprint of Profile |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 282 pages |
| Genres: |
General Fiction Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025 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. Translated by George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet
Sátántango features in the following genres: General Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Sátántango is available in Paperback, Hardback
Sátántango was written by László Krasznahorkai and published by Tuskar Rock an imprint of Profile
Sátántango has 282 pages
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