- Refugee property, Collectivization of agriculture, Fiction, Swindlers and swindling
"Set in an isolated hamlet, Satantango unfolds over the course of a few rain-soaked days. Only a dozen inhabitants remain in the bleak village, rank with the stench of failed schemes, betrayals, failure, infidelity, sudden hopes, and aborted dreams. At the center of Satantango is the eponymous drunken dance."--P. [i].
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Prestige, contemplative, grave and intimate.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
About the book
- Author
- László Krasznahorkai
- First published
- 1985
- Pages
- 287
- Publisher
- Bompiani, FISCHER Taschenbuch, New Directions
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- hun, English, French, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9780811220897
Where to read
Libraries first: a card gets you most books for nothing. Each opens that service’s page for this title.
On Open Library, 3 have read it and 24 want to.
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
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
The Sound and the Fury 192983% alikeBoth prestige, contemplative, grave.
Wide Sargasso Sea 196682% alikeBoth prestige, contemplative, grave.
The Golden Notebook 196280% alikeBoth prestige, contemplative, grave.
Heart of Darkness 189980% alikeBoth contemplative, prestige, grave.
The God of Small Things 199778% alikeBoth contemplative, prestige, grave.
The English Patient 199276% alikeBoth contemplative, prestige, grave.
Pedro Páramo 195576% alikeBoth prestige, grave, contemplative.
Tropic of Cancer 193474% alikeBoth prestige, contemplative, grave.
The Power of the Dog 202184% alikeFilm · Both contemplative, prestige, grave.
Meek's Cutoff 201182% alikeFilm · Both contemplative, prestige, grave.