He soon attains a messianic aura as he plays on the fears of the townsfolk and a series of increasingly brutal events unfold. Irimias sets about swindling the villagers out of a fortune that might allow them to escape the emptiness and futility of their existence. Flies buzz, spiders weave, water drips and animals root desultorily in the barnyard of a collective farm.īut when the charismatic Irimias - long-thought dead - returns, the villagers fall under his spell. In the darkening embers of a Communist utopia, life in a desolate Hungarian town has come to a virtual standstill. Translated by George Szirtes From the winner of the Man Booker International Prize. Satantango by Laszlo Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet Order your copy today directly through October Books or buy online through our store and we’ll get a commission on your purchase. First published in 1985, this dark, bleakly funny novel is now regarded as a classic.
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