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Satantango / Laszlo Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes.

By: Publication details: London, UK : Atlantic Books, 2012.Description: 274 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781848877658
  • 9780857896179
  • 0857896172
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 894.51134
Summary: 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 to the commune, the villagers fall under his spell.
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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 to the commune, the villagers fall under his spell.

General.

Translated from the Hungarian.

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