László Krasznahorkai
The Last Wolf & Herman
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The Last Wolf (translated by George Szirtes) is Krasznahorkai in a maddening nutshell-it features a classic obsessed narrator, a man hired (by mistake) to write the true tale of the last wolf in Spain. This miserable experience (being mistaken for another person, dragged about a cold foreign place, and appalled by a species's end) is narrated-all in a single sentence-as a sad looping tale, a howl more or less, in a dreary Berlin bar to a patently bored bartender.Herman (translated by John Batki), a peerless virtuoso of trapping who guards the splendid mysteries of an ancient craft gradually sinking into permanent oblivion, is asked to clear a…
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The Last Wolf (translated by George Szirtes) is Krasznahorkai in a maddening nutshell-it features a classic obsessed narrator, a man hired (by mistake) to write the true tale of the last wolf in Spain. This miserable experience (being mistaken for another person, dragged about a cold foreign place, and appalled by a species's end) is narrated-all in a single sentence-as a sad looping tale, a howl more or less, in a dreary Berlin bar to a patently bored bartender.Herman (translated by John Batki), a peerless virtuoso of trapping who guards the splendid mysteries of an ancient craft gradually sinking into permanent oblivion, is asked to clear a forest's last noxious beasts. He begins with great zeal, although in time he suspects that maybe he was 'on the wrong scent.' Herman switches sides, deciding to track entirely new game ...
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Weitere Autoren: Batki, John (Übers.) / Szirtes, George (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8112-2905-0
- EAN: 9780811229050
- Produktnummer: 31883099
- Verlag: New Directions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 128 S.
- Masse: H18.0 cm x B11.2 cm x D1.5 cm 113 g
- Gewicht: 113
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.
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