Satantango by László Krasznahorkai, Translated by George Szirtes (Paperback)

Satantango is the first novel by László Krasznahorkai, the Hungarian writer awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, in George Szirtes's English translation. It is also the book behind Béla Tarr's celebrated film.

In a remote, failing village only a dozen or so residents remain. Over a few days of steady rain their schemes collapse and their hopes sour into betrayal, until a charismatic figure they had given up for dead arrives like a messiah. Written in long, hypnotic sentences, it is bleak, absurd and gripping.

• Krasznahorkai's debut novel, first published in Hungarian in 1985
• Translated into English by George Szirtes
• The source of Béla Tarr's film adaptation
• For readers of ambitious European literary fiction

Details

• Author: László Krasznahorkai
• Translator: George Szirtes
• Publisher: New Directions
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780811220897