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Satantango

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025

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Satantango

By: László Krasznahorkai
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025

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.

Translated by George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulze©1985 László Krasznahorkai (P)2025 Profile Books Ltd
Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Political
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Quite superb.A worthy winner Can’t wait to watch the film. Zzz zzz zzzzz zzz. Zzzzz

Beautifully read

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The combination of dull narration and what seems to be a lifeless translation meant it was unfinished and soon to be returned.

A slog,

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