László Krasznahorkai

Surrender to the dark, hypnotic genius of László Krasznahorkai, the Hungarian author widely regarded as one of the greatest living writers in the world. Susan Sontag called him “the contemporary Hungarian master of the apocalypse” and declared him “the greatest living writer.” Winner of the Man Booker International Prize in 2015, Krasznahorkai writes in extraordinary, labyrinthine sentences that pull the reader into a world of decay, futility, and the strange, persistent beauty that survives at the edge of collapse. His essential works include Sátántangó (the basis for Béla Tarr’s legendary seven-hour film), The Melancholy of Resistance, War and War, Seiobo There Below, and Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming. For readers who want literature that demands everything and gives back something unforgettable.