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does /lit/ like Laszlo Krasznahorkai?

fyi Bela Tarr adapted his books for Satantango and Werckmeister Harmonies.

>> No.2237622

Yes, I like him. Looking forward to the English release of Satantango next year.

I always try to mention him in contemporary author threads.

>> No.2237627

I'm probably going to start up The Melancholy of Resistance from him over winter break sometime. And watch the Bela Tarr films eventually.

Have you read any of his stuff yet sammiches?

>> No.2237639

Here's a short story of his, for anyone curious:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jun/15/original-writing-fiction

>> No.2237683

we should make this into a general hungarian literature thread OP

>> No.2237693

>>2237627
Not yet. I really want to. I've only heard great things. W.G Sebald likes him. The Complete Review gave The Melancholy of Resistance an A+ (omg!)

>>2237639
Shit. That was really good. Does he have more short stories?

>> No.2237700

>>2237693
He does, in a collection called Seoibo was Walking Down There. It's coming out late next year in English from New Directions and that's one of the stories from it. Can't find any more than that one online though.

>> No.2237713

lol hungary write books? rofl xD

>> No.2237722
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>>2237713
hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahha

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>> No.2237723

>>2237713
yah, they write lots of 'em.

>> No.2237749

I've seen Werckmeister Harmonies and it's great (but I've heard the book is better).

I've heard that Satantango is better in film, is this true? What is Krasznahorkai's best work?

In return, I'll put you onto some pretty cool other Hungarian lit. This play called The Tragedy of Man ('Az ember tragédiája'), by Imre Madách sounds pretty cool. Published c. 1861, it deals with pretty similar stuff to Paradise lost, but with its later context deals with pretty interesting stuff like Anarchism, Utopianism and Space.

>> No.2237751

>>2237618

Forgive me if I'm being stupid, but did he write The Meloncholy of Resistance? It was either that or Little, Big, which are both books I want to read but can't yet.

>> No.2237752

Since we're on the topic of Hungarian literature, has anyone read anything by the authors Attila József, Ferenc Juhasz or Laszlo Németh?

>> No.2237754

>>2237749
The general consensus seems to be to start with The Melancholy of Resistance if you're reading the English translations. Animalinside is too short and experimental and War and War doesn't quite reach the same level as Melancholy of Resistance.

Do you know which English translation of The Tragedy of Man is best?

>> No.2237758

>>2237752
Haven't yet, but I've been looking at picking up that Penguin collection of Ferenc Juhasz and Sandor Weores' poetry soon.

>> No.2237762

>>2237754
There's only one available on amazon.uk so I'm guessing you might have to stick with that one.

Unless you want to learn Hungarian (because it'll be great to have at least one Finno-Ugrian language under your belt)

>> No.2237770

>>2237751
John Crowley wrote Little, Big.

>> No.2237776

>>2237762
i want to know at least one language from every major sub-family before I die

>> No.2237777

>>2237762
There's several available where I am. The George Szirtes one, one from Iain Macleod, and one from J. C. W. Horne.

>> No.2237845

For those who have read Krasznahorkai and seen the Bela Tarr films, how do they compare?

I find it pretty interesting that Tarr adapts his novels. Tarr is always ranting in interviews about how "stories are dead" and he doesn't film stories or make films that can even be explained with language.

>> No.2237849

>>2237845
I saw an interesting comment comparing the two earlier, in that Krasznahorkai is known for his writing having very long sentences. And then Bela Tarr obviously makes use of very long shots. Thought that was neat.