5/18/2023 0 Comments Satantango by lászló krasznahorkaiThere are the sudden, demonic accelerations the extraordinary leaps in intensity the gorgeous derangements of consciousness the muddy villages of Mitteleuropa the abyssal laughter the pervasive sense of a choleric god waiting patiently just offstage. But the extravagant disintegration and sly mischief of the work make him difficult to mistake for anyone else. Many of his literary signatures-compulsive monologue, apocalyptic egress, terminal gloom-are recognizably Late Modern. The epic length of a Krasznahorkai sentence slowly erodes its own reality, clause by scouring clause, until at last it releases the terrible darkness harbored at its core. His novels-equal parts artful attenuation and digressive deluge-suggest a Beckettian impulse overwhelmed by obsessive proclivities. The playful, pessimistic fictions of the Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai emit a recognizably entropic music. Read our Art of Fiction interview with László Krasznahorkai in the Summer 2018 issue By Dustin Illingworth SeptemArchive of Longing
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