Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming by Krasznahorkai, László

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming

Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming tells the story of a Prince Myshkin-like figure, Baron Béla...
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Author: László Krasznahorkai
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming by Krasznahorkai, László

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming

$67.83

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming

$67.83
Author: László Krasznahorkai
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming tells the story of a Prince Myshkin-like figure, Baron Béla Wenckheim, who returns at the end of his life to his provincial Hungarian hometown. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he longs to be reunited with his high-school sweetheart Marika. Confusions abound, and what follows is an endless storm of gossip, con men, and local politicians, vividly evoking the small town's alternately drab and absurd existence. All along, the Professor--a world-famous natural scientist who studies mosses and inhabits a bizarre Zen-like shack in a desolate area outside of town--offers long rants and disquisitions on his attempts to immunize himself from thought. Spectacular actions are staged as death and the abyss loom over the unsuspecting townfolk.

Author: László Krasznahorkai
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 09/24/2019
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.60w x 2.20d
ISBN: 9780811226646


Award: National Book Awards - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/08/2019
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2019

About the Author
Krasznahorkai, László: - The winner of the 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature and the 2015 Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement, László Krasznahorkai was born in Gyula, Hungary.Mulzet, Ottilie: - Ottilie Mulzet is a literary critic and translator of Hungarian. Mulzet received the National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2019 for her translation of László Krasznahorkai's Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming and the Best Translated Book Award in 2014 for her translation of Krasznahorkai's Seiobo There Below.

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