Name: Satantango
ISBN: 9780811220897

László Krasznahorkai

George Szirtes

Tells the story of a small hamlet in Hungary, near the end of the Communist period, on the brink of collapse following years of failure, betrayal, and aborted dreams.

Satantango

Translated by George Szirtes From the winner of the Man Booker International Prize 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, the villagers fall under his spell. Irimias sets about swindling the villagers out of a fortune that might allow them to escape the emptiness and futility of their existence. He soon attains a messianic aura as he plays on the fears of the townsfolk and a series of increasingly brutal events unfold.

This book is like a weird dream. Amazing and unique writing style and slow pace. It will definitely stay with me.  Now it’s time for the Bella Tarr’s seven hour masterpiece 

Satantango

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