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Krasznahorkai, László. [Sátántangó. English] Satantango / László Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes. p. cm. ISBN (acid-free paper) I. Szirtes, George, – II. Title. PHKS '—dc23 New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin. Genre. László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter who is known for critically difficult and demanding novels, often labelled as postmodern, with dystopian and bleak melancholic themes. He is probably best known through the oeuvre of the director Béla Tarr, who has collaborated with him on /5.  · by László Krasznahorkai Translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes Already famous as the inspiration for the filmmaker Béla Tarr’s six-hour masterpiece, Satantango is proof, as the spellbinding, bleak, and hauntingly beautiful book has it, that “the devil has all the good times.”Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.

Like what I do? Feel free to buy me a coffee: bltadwin.ru, pagesPublished by New Directions (first published )Original. Satantango by László Krasznahorkai Translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes Already famous as the inspiration for the filmmaker Béla Tarr's six-hour masterpiece, Satantango is proof, as the spellbinding, bleak, and hauntingly beautiful book has it, that "the devil has all the good times." The story of Satantango, spread over a couple of days of endless rain, focuses on the. László Krasznahorkai is probably the best-known contemporary Hungarian author. His work has received the International Booker Prize in , the National Book Award for Translated Literature in.

Presented in breathtaking English by George Szirtes, Satantango takes place in a world where Satan rules people’s actions and the meanings of their lives. And it's funny, mordantly so. Krasznahorkai published the novel four years before the fall of Communism, and, indeed, the book targets the ravages of totalitarianism in Hungary and beyond. László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter who is known for critically difficult and demanding novels, often labelled as postmodern, with dystopian and bleak melancholic themes. He is probably best known through the oeuvre of the director Béla Tarr, who has collaborated with him on several movies. Satantango is a novel by the Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai. It is Krasznahorkai's debut novel. It was adapted into a widely acclaimed seven-hour film, Sátántangó, directed by Béla Tarr. The English translation by George Szirtes won the Best Translated Book Award.