Satantango

Author: Krasznahorkai, Laszlo

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  • : 9781788166355
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  • : November 2020
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  • : Krasznahorkai, Laszlo
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  • : 2007
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  • : English
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Barcode 9781788166355
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Translated by George SzirtesIn 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.