Bibliograph

Satantango, László Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes

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Satantango, László Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Satantango

Oclc number

745973108

Responsibility statement

László Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes

Summary

"Set in an isolated hamlet, Satantango unfolds over the course of a few rain-soaked days. Only a dozen inhabitants remain in the bleak village, rank with the stench of failed schemes, betrayals, failure, infidelity, sudden hopes, and aborted dreams. At the center of Satantango is the eponymous drunken dance"--Page [i]

Table Of Contents

The First Part -- I. News of Their Coming -- II. We Are Resurrected -- III. To Know Something -- IV. The Work of the Spider I -- ([∞]) -- V. Unraveling -- VI. The Work of the Spider II (The Devil's Tit, Satantango) -- The Second Part -- VI. Irimias Makes a Speech -- V. The Perspective, as Seen from the Front -- IV. Heavenly Vision? Hallucination? -- III. The Perspective, as Seen from the Back -- II. Nothing but Work and Worries

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