Laszlo Krasznahorkai

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming

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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 desola… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Mulzet, Ottilie (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-0-8112-2664-6
EAN: 9780811226646
Produktnummer: 29171599
Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 576 S.
Masse: H21.2 cm x B14.9 cm x D5.1 cm 805 g
Gewicht: 805

Über den Autor

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.