Satantango

In the darkening embers of a Communist utopia, life in a desolate Hungarian town has come to a virtual standstill. Flies buzz, spiders weave, water drips and animals root desultorily in the barnyard of a collective farm.

But when the charismatic Irimias - long-thought dead - returns, the villagers fall under his spell. Irimias sets about swindling the villagers out of a fortune that might allow them to escape the emptiness and futility of their existence. He soon attains a messianic aura as he plays on the fears of the townsfolk and a series of increasingly brutal events unfold.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Laszlo Krasznahorkai - Ласло Краснахоркаи

Publisher:Profile Books

Language:English

Publication Date:2020

Number of pages:304 pst

Format:Paperback

Width:130 mm / 5,1'

Height:200 mm / 7,9'

Weight:255 g

ISBN:9781788166355