- Fiction, Hungarian Literature, Novels, Literature
A powerful, surreal novel, in the tradition of Gogol, about the chaotic events surrounding the arrival of a circus in a small Hungarian town. _The Melancholy of Resistance_, László Krasznahorkai's magisterial, surreal novel, depicts a chain of mysterious events in a small Hungarian town.
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Prestige, contemplative, grave and meticulous.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- László Krasznahorkai
- First published
- 1989
- Pages
- 333
- Publisher
- Quartet Books, Acantilado, FISCHER Taschenbuch
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English, Spanish, hun
- ISBN
- 9789631424751
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Krasznahorkai László (született 1954. január 5-én) magyar regényíró és forgatókönyvíró. Krasznahorkai nehéz és igényes, gyakran posztmodernnek bélyegzett regényeiről ismert, amelyek disztópikus és melankolikus témákat boncolgatnak. Számos művéből, köztük a *Sátántangó* (1985) és *Az ellenállás melankóliája* (1989) című regényeiből Tarr Béla rendező filmet készített. 2025-ben irodalmi Nobel-díjat kapott. ---------- László Krasznahorkai (born 5 January 1954) is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter. Krasznahorkai is known for his difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, which explore dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels *Satantango* (198
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