Description: The Melancholy of Resistance by Laszlo Krasznahorkai This surreal novel recounts the events surrounding the arrival of a mysterious circus in a small Hungarian town. Word spreads that the circus folk have a sinister purpose, and the frightened citizens cling to any manifestation of order they can find, from music to fascism. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Melancholy of Resistance, Laszlo Krasznahorkai's magisterial, surreal novel, depicts a chain of mysterious events in an insignificant Hungarian town. A circus, promising to display the stuffed body of the largest whale in the world, arrives in the midst of a terminal frost, prompting bizarre rumors. Word spreads that the circus folk have a sinister purpose at hand, and the frightened citizens cling to any manifestation of order they can find — music, cosmology, fascism. The novel's characters are unforgettable: the evil Mrs. Eszter, plotting her takeover of the town; her weakling husband; and Valuska, our hapless hero with his head in the clouds, who is the tender center of the book, the only pure and noble soul to be found.Compact, powerful and intense, The Melancholy of Resistance, as its enormously gifted translator George Szirtes puts it, "is a slow lava flow of narrative, a vast black river of type". And yet, miraculously, the novel, in the words of The Guardian, "lifts the reader along in lunar leaps and bounds". Author Biography Laszlo Krasznahorkai was born in Gyula, Hungary, in 1954 and lives in the hills of Szentlaszlo, Hungary. He has written several novels and won numerous prizes, including Best Book of the Year in Germany in 1993 for The Melancholy of Resistance and the 2010 Brucke Berlin Prize for "Seiobo". His other books include "Animalinside", "Satantango", and "War and War". Review Quote "The universality of its vision rivals that of Gogols Dead Souls." Details ISBN0811214508 Author Laszlo Krasznahorkai Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation Year 2000 ISBN-10 0811214508 ISBN-13 9780811214506 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2000-11 Pages 314 Language English Translator George Szirtes Short Title MELANCHOLY OF RESISTANCE Media Book DEWEY FIC Residence HU DOI 10.1604/9780811214506 Audience General/Trade We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:48694493;
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