- National Book Award for Translated Literature 2019 · Winner · for the translation by Ottilie Mulzet
- Aegon Art Award 2017 · Winner
- Libri Literary Prize 2017 · Shortlist
Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming
Báró Wenckheim hazatér
László Krasznahorkai (born 1954)
Translated by Ottilie Mulzet
English editions
In EnglishBaron Wenckheim's Homecoming
Tuskar Rock Press · United Kingdom · 2019 · Hardcover · 576 pages
Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming
New Directions · United States · 24 September 2019 · Hardcover · 576 pages
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Baron Wenckheim, sick and addicted to gambling, leaves Buenos Aires for present-day Hungary and the forlorn countryside of his ancestors. In the small town where he was born and means to be buried, people wait for him as for a saviour who will open new horizons. Is he a redeemer or a ruined man, and will he tell them what they deserve or what they want to hear? Meanwhile the town fills up with oil tankers and something like fire draws close. Apocalypse and carnival, satire and drama mingle in long, rolling sentences, and among the cast is a Dante who lives in Szolnok.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 508 pages in the original
- Genres
- Satire (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Hungary
- First published
- 2016 by Magvető
- Author's age
- 62 when first published
- ISBN
9789631434156 (original)
9780811226646 (New Directions, United States)
9781781258910 (Tuskar Rock Press, United Kingdom)
- More
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