'Baron Wenkcheim's Homecoming is a fitting capstone to Krasznahorkai's tetralogy, one of the supreme achievements of contemporary literature. Now seems as good a time as any to name him among our greatest living novelists.' Paris Review Hailed internationally as perhaps the most important novel of the young twenty-first century, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming is the culmination o...(展开全部)

'Baron Wenkcheim's Homecoming is a fitting capstone to Krasznahorkai's tetralogy, one of the supreme achievements of contemporary literature. Now seems as good a time as any to name him among our greatest living novelists.' Paris Review Hailed internationally as perhaps the most important novel of the young twenty-first century, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming is the culmination o...(展开全部)

Nearing the end of his life, Baron Bela Wenckheim decides to return to the provincial Hungarian town of his birth. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he wishes to be reunited with his high-school sweetheart Marika. What follows is an endless storm of gossip, con men and local politicians, vividly evoking the small town's alt...(展开全部)

Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming tells the story of a Prince Myshkin–like figure, Baron Bela Wenckheim, who decides to return at the end of his life to the provincial Hungarian town of his birth. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he wishes to be reunited with his high school sweetheart Marika. What fo...(展开全部)

Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming tells the story of a Prince Myshkin–like figure, Baron Bela Wenckheim, who decides to return at the end of his life to the provincial Hungarian town of his birth. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he wishes to be reunited with his high school sweetheart Marika. What fo...(展开全部)

Nearing the end of his life, Baron Bela Wenckheim decides to return to the provincial Hungarian town of his birth. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he wishes to be reunited with his high-school sweetheart Marika. What follows is an endless storm of gossip, con men and local politicians, vividly evoking the small town's alt...(展开全部)

一本集大成之作，致敬了早期的黑暗风格 A legendás Sátántangóban megérkezett Irimiás, a regényformát a valóságba átvezető Háború és háború bevezetéseként pedig megjött Ézsaiás. Most újabb nagy Krasznahorkai-hős tűnik fel a láthatáron, báró Wenckheim, a soha nem változó Ígéret beteljesítőjének tekintett ember, aki Buenos Airesből tér haza. Haza: hozzánk, napjaink Magyarországára és ősei reményveszte...(展开全部)

一本集大成之作，致敬了早期的黑暗风格 A legendás Sátántangóban megérkezett Irimiás, a regényformát a valóságba átvezető Háború és háború bevezetéseként pedig megjött Ézsaiás. Most újabb nagy Krasznahorkai-hős tűnik fel a láthatáron, báró Wenckheim, a soha nem változó Ígéret beteljesítőjének tekintett ember, aki Buenos Airesből tér haza. Haza: hozzánk, napjaink Magyarországára és ősei reményveszte...(展开全部)

Cosimo, a young eighteenth-century Italian nobleman, rebels by climbing into the trees to remain there for the rest of his life. He adapts efficiently to an arboreal existence and even has love affairs. Translated by Archibald Colquhoun.

Cosimo, a young eighteenth-century Italian nobleman, rebels by climbing into the trees to remain there for the rest of his life. He adapts efficiently to an arboreal existence and even has love affairs. Translated by Archibald Colquhoun.