/lit/ - Literature

Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai reads from his recently translated novel, Sátántangó, and discusses the state of contemporary Hungarian literature.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_DinPaUg

transcript http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/transcpts/2012/120613plc1600.txt

What are the cool kids reading these days? What books are big on campus? I gather from sources that Krasznahorkai may be one of them, and in theory he certainly fits the bill: he's current, he's not too mainstream, he's abstruse, and the Bela Tarr connection earns him major cool points. But who else?