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Dark, philosophical exploration of chaos and order.
If you've ever felt that the world around you is teetering on the edge of chaos, "The Melancholy of Resistance" might resonate deeply with you. László Krasznahorkai masterfully crafts a narrative that's as thought-provoking as it is unsettling, diving into the human psyche during times of societal unrest. It's a challenging read, but its beauty lies in the dense, hypnotic prose and the philosophical depth that Krasznahorkai is renowned for. This book is a journey through the darker side of human nature, which could be just the kind of profound literary experience you're searching for.
- Angelus Nominee (2008)
- Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2017)
- Metų verstinė knyga Nominee (2016)
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ISBN: 9780811215046
Publisher: New Directions
Date of Publication: 2002-06-17
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.15
(rated by 5072 readers)
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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 novel, depicts a chain of mysterious events in a small Hungarian town. A circus, promising to display the stuffed body of the largest whale in the world, arrives in the dead of winter, prompting bizarre rumours. Word spreads that the circus folk have a sinister purpose in mind, and the frightened citizens cling to any manifestation of order they can find - music, cosmology, fascism. The novel's characters are unforgettable: the evil Mrs. Eszter, plotting her takeover of the town; her weakling husband; and Valuska, our hapless hero with his head in the clouds, who is the tender center of the book, the only pure and noble soul to be found. Compact, powerful and intense, The Melancholy of Resistance, as its enormously gifted translator George Szirtes puts it, "is a slow lava flow of narrative, a vast black river of type." And yet, miraculously, the novel, in the words of The Guardian, "lifts the reader along in lunar leaps and bounds."
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Dark, philosophical exploration of chaos and order.
If you've ever felt that the world around you is teetering on the edge of chaos, "The Melancholy of Resistance" might resonate deeply with you. László Krasznahorkai masterfully crafts a narrative that's as thought-provoking as it is unsettling, diving into the human psyche during times of societal unrest. It's a challenging read, but its beauty lies in the dense, hypnotic prose and the philosophical depth that Krasznahorkai is renowned for. This book is a journey through the darker side of human nature, which could be just the kind of profound literary experience you're searching for.
- Angelus Nominee (2008)
- Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2017)
- Metų verstinė knyga Nominee (2016)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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