I'm in the middle of this amazing amazing book
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhCgu9IQAho/RcIloddTH3I/AAAAAAAAAFI/97m0RY1sYzw/s320/war.jpg
and can't stop thinking about it. As horrific and hilarious as some of Bernhard's best work, but with a lot of tenderness at unexpected times.
― nice email (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Didn't know this was out - Melancholy of Resistance was amazing.
For once, just about every language but English seems to do better than English in terms of available translations.
― Soukesian, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Weird--somebody was just recommending Melancholy of Resistance to me the other day. Obviously I HAVE to buy it.
― When two tribes go to war, he always gets picked last (James Morrison), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 22:05 (fourteen years ago) link
I thoroughly enjoyed War & War (best title by the way) and Melancholy. I heard that Satantango will be out in translation soon though I don't remember who's putting that out.
― wmlynch, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I have no idea who this is but the last name alone makes him worth investigating.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 22 October 2009 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Krasznahorkai worked closely with director Bela Tarr for a number of years. The film Werckmeister Harmonies is based on Melancholy of Resistance, and it's astonishing.
― Soukesian, Thursday, 22 October 2009 11:26 (fourteen years ago) link
any1 read Satantango
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 03:54 (twelve years ago) link
I get there is a doom and gloom but its such a straight, unimaginative reading:
http://calvertjournal.com/articles/show/7274/laszlo-krasznahorkai-satatango-refugees-orban
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 20 February 2017 23:21 (seven years ago) link
i read satantango last year! i'm hardly an academic but i don't really think he was seizing on any one sociopolitical situation and crafting a metaphor for it. you could prob just as easily assign biblical or existential concepts if you pushed hard enough.
― royce jung (slothroprhymes), Monday, 20 February 2017 23:29 (seven years ago) link
a writer friend of mine is pooping his pants about the release of the world goes on later this year. pooping to the extent that it makes me curious about what caused it. what is the best place to start with Krasznahorkai?
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 2 March 2017 03:13 (seven years ago) link
start with satantango. i wasnt a huge fan of seiobo though.
― wmlynch, Thursday, 2 March 2017 03:24 (seven years ago) link
New best place to start is The Last Wolf, only 100 p and very approachable, but indicative of his style and concerns
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Thursday, 2 March 2017 05:37 (seven years ago) link
melancholy of resistance or bust
― art, Thursday, 2 March 2017 05:38 (seven years ago) link
xp- I recently bought Seiobo, read the first, er, paragraph while hi the other night and it either blew my mind or I didn't understand a shred of it. but I may try that out first. thx James
― flopson, Thursday, 2 March 2017 13:01 (seven years ago) link
good call on last wolf & herman. i really enjoyed that
― wmlynch, Thursday, 2 March 2017 13:59 (seven years ago) link