War & war
Krasznahorkai, László2016
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'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 clerk. Desperate, at times almost mad, but also keenly empathic, Korim has discovered in a small Hungarian town's archives an antique manuscript of startling beauty: it narrates the epic tale of brothers-in-arms struggling to return home from a disastrous war. Korim is determined to do away with himself, but before he commits suicide, he feels he must escape to New York with the precious manuscript and commit it to eternity by typing it all out onto the world wide web.
Main title:
War & war / Laszlo Krasznahorkai ; translated by George Szirtes.
Author:
Krasznahorkai, László, authorSzirtes, George, 1948-, translator
Imprint:
London : Tuskar Rock, 2016.
Collation:
288 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Hungarian.
Awards:
2015 Man Booker International Prize
ISBN:
9781781256237 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
894.51134
Language:
EnglishHungarian
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BRN:
1838821
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