{"product_id":"satantango-laszlo-krasznahorkai-9781788166355","title":"Satantango (László Krasznahorkai)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eTranslated by George Szirtes\u003cbr\u003eFrom the winner of the Man Booker International Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eLászló Krasznahorkai was born in Gyula, Hungary, in 1954. He has written five novels and won numerous prizes, including the 2013 Best Translated Book Award in Fiction for Satantango, the same prize the following year for Seiobo There Below, and the 1993 Best Book of the Year Award in Germany for The Melancholy of Resistance. He was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2017 for The World Goes On, and won the same prize in 2015 in its original guise as a biennial prize rewarding an outstanding body of work. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages. He lives in the hills of Pilisszentlászló in Hungary.\n\nOttilie Mulzet won the Best Translated Book Award in 2014 for her translation of László Krasznahorkai's Seiobo there Below. She has also translated the work of Szilárd Borbély, Gábor Schein, and György Dragomán.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Trade Paperback, Englisch, 304 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66100310278493,"sku":"K082044533","price":12.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8204453300001A.jpg?v=1790884216","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/satantango-laszlo-krasznahorkai-9781788166355","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}