Krasznahorkai, Laszlo

LÁSZLÓ KRASZNAHORKAI (b. 1954) is an internationally acclaimed Hungarian novelist and screenwriter who is known for critically difficult and demanding novels, often labeled as postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Susan Sontag described him as "the contemporary Hungarian master of apocalypse who inspires comparison with Gogol and Melville". In 2015, he received the Man Booker International Prize and several of his works have been turned into feature films by Hungarian film director Béla Tarr.

His most famous publication, SATANTANGO (1985), is a dystopian novel set in his native Hungary and immediately thrust him into the forefront of Hungarian literary life. It received a Best Translated Book Award in English in 2013. In 1993, his novel THE MELANCHOLY OF RESISTANCE received the German Bestenliste-Prize for the best literary work of the year. The narrative is set in a restless town where a mysterious circus, which exhibits a whale and nothing else, contributes to an apocalyptic atmosphere. In DESTRUCTION AND SORROW BENEATH THE HEAVENS (2004), the author draws upon his experiences in China and reflects on the country's tradition, historical continuity and its relation with modernity.

In his most recently translated collection of stories, THE WORLD GOES ON (2013), Krasznahoraki himself explains: "Each text is about drawing our attention away from this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselves in a current of thought or a narrative." As novelist Adam Thirlwell has remarked, "The excitement of his writing is that he has come up with this own original forms -- there is nothing else like it in contemporary literature."


The following books are in ePUB format unless otherwise noted:

* Animalinside (New Directions, 2010). Ottilie Mulzet, trans. -- PDF
* Art of Fiction no. 240 (Paris Review, 2018). Interview by Adam Thirlwell. -- PDF
* Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens (Seagull, 2016). Ottilie Mulzet, trans.
* Last Wolf & Herman (New Directions, 2016). George Szirtes, trans.
* Melancholy of Resistance, The (New Directions, 2000). George Szirtes, trans.
* Satantango (New Directions, 2012). George Szirtes, trans.
* Seiobo There Below (New Directions, 2013). Ottilie Mulzet, trans.
* War and War (New Directions, 2006). George Szirtes, trans.
* World Goes On, The (New Directions, 2017). John Batki et al., trans.

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