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Addressed to a rapt audience in Stockholm two days before being awarded his Nobel Prize, László Krasznahorkais moving lecture asks: Human beingastonishing creaturewho are you? In a message about hope (or his lack thereof), Krasznahorkai compassionately co
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025 Human being - astonishing creature - who are you? Delivered in Stockholm in December 2025, Enough About Angels is the extraordinary Nobel Lecture from László Krasznahorkai. Characteristically brilliant and unfo
FROM THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025 In The Last Wolf, a philosophy professor is mistakenly hired to write the true tale of the last wolf of Extremadura, a barren stretch of Spain. His miserable experience is narrated in a single, rolling
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025 The grandson of Prince Genji lives outside of space and time and wanders the grounds of an old monastery in Kyoto. The monastery, too, is timeless, with barely a trace of any human presence. The wanderer is sea
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025 War & War begins at a point of danger: on a dark train platform Korim is on the verge of being attacked and robbed by thuggish teenagers. From here, we are carried along by the insistent voice of this nervous c
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025 The Melancholy of Resistance, László Krasznahorkai's magisterial, surreal novel, depicts a chain of mysterious events in a small Hungarian town. A circus, promising to display the stuffed body of the larges
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025 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 collec
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025 Beauty, in László Krasznahorkai's new novel, reflects, however fleeting, the sacred - even if we are mostly unable to bear it. In Seiobo There Below we see the Japanese goddess Seiobo returning to mortal re
The grandson of Prince Genji lives outside of space and time and wanders the grounds of an old monastery in Kyoto. The monastery, too, is timeless: a place of prayer and deliverance, with barely a trace of any human presence. The wanderer is searching for
FROM THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025 Hailed internationally as perhaps the most important novel of the young twenty-first century, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming is the culmination of László Krasznahorkai's remarkable and singular c
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025 A breathtaking new novel about neo-Nazis, particle physics, and graffiti vandalism 'Propulsive and revelatory' The New York Times 'A work of genius' 5-star review, Telegraph Gentle giant Florian
Spadework for a Palace bears the subtitle "Entering the Madness of Others" and offers an epigraph: "Reality is no obstacle." Indeed. This high-octane obsessive rant vaults over all obstacles, fueled by the idees fixe of a "gray li
En danderet professor rejser til den øde spanske provins Extremadura, efter han bliver hyret til at skrive noget om egnen. Her falder han over den mystiske historie om de sidste ulve i området, og han beslutter sig for at undersøge sagen nærmere. Det bliv
'One of the most mysterious artists now at work' Colm Tóibín 'The contemporary master of the apocalypse' Susan Sontag Under a cold sun blazing in a blinding blue sky, a train pulls away from Urga and out into the Gobi desert, headed for Be
Now in paperback, Satantango, the novel that inspired Bela Tarr's classic film, is proof that the devil has all the good times. Set in an isolated hamlet, the novel unfolds over the course of a few rain-soaked days. Only a dozen inhabitants remain in
WINNER OF THE 2025 NOBEL PRIZE Now in paperback, a transcendent and wide-ranging collection of stories by László Krasznahorkai: a visionary writer of extraordinary intensity and vocal range who captures the texture of present-day existence in scenes that
Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheims Homecoming tells the story of a Prince Myshkinlike figure, Baron Béla Wenckheim, who returns at the end of his life to his provincial Hungarian hometown. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires
Known for his brilliantly dark fictional visions, Laszlo Krasznahorkai is one of the most respected European writers of his generation and the winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. Here, he brings us on a journey through China at the dawn of
Ein nahezu verlassenes Dorf, nur wenige Menschen sind geblieben. Armut und Perspektivlosigkeit liegen schwer über den Einwohnern. Die Gemeinschaft ist zersetzt von Hass und Misstrauen. Irimias, ein früherer Dorfbewohner, kehrt zurück und verspricht Geld u
A powerful, surreal novel, in the tradition of Gogol, about the chaotic events surrounding the arrival of a circus in a small Hungarian town. The Melancholy of Resistance, Laszlo Krasznahorkai's magisterial, surreal novel, depicts a chain of mysteriou
A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF 2024 A PUBLISHERS WEEKY BEST BOOK OF 2024 The gentle giant Florian Herscht has a problem: having faithfully attended Herr K?hler's adult education classes in physics, he is convinced that disaster is imminent. And so,
Korim, Archivar und Privatgelehrter aus einer ungarischen Provinzstadt, hat einen radikalen Entschluss gefasst: Er begibt sich auf eine Reise in die USA, genauer nach New York City, um dort zu sterben. An der Schwelle zum neuen Jahrtausend und auf verschi
The grandson of Prince Genji lives outside of space and time and wanders the grounds of an old monastery in Kyoto. The monastery, too, is timeless, with barely a trace of any human presence. The wanderer is searching for a garden that has long captivated
Første nye roman fra László Krasznahorkai, efter at han modtog Nobelprisen i litteratur 2025. Krasznahorkai skriver selv om romanen: Denne bog handler om sommerfugle. Nej, denne bog handler om en lepidopterolog. Nej, denne bog handler om livets oprindelse
In The World Goes On, a narrator first speaks directly, then tells eleven unforgettable stories, and then bids farewell ("for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me"). As Laszlo Krasznahoraki himself
I et lille landbrugskollektiv i en udørk af en landsby melder to gådefulde personer deres ankomst. Kollektivets beboere stiller store forventninger til de to mystiske fremmede og det bliver svært at afgøre om der er tale om profet og discipel, eller om de
"Modstandens melankoli" er et moderne mesterværk af den ungarske László Krasznahorokai, der modtog The Man Booker International Prize i 2015. En dag modtager en lille oprørt landsby i det sydøstlige Ungarn et besynderligt besøg. Det er et mystis
Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming tells the story of a Prince Myshkin-like figure, Baron Bela Wenckheim, who returns at the end of his life to his provincial Hungarian hometown. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos