Baron Wenckheim's homecoming
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Author
Contributors
Mulzet, Ottilie, translator.
Published
New York : New Directions Publishing, [2019].
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Published
New York : New Directions Publishing, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
558 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Copyright ©2016 by László Krasznahorkai.
General Note
Originally published in Hungarian as Báró Wenckheim hazatér.
Description
"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 follows is an endless storm of gossip, con men, and local politicians, vividly evoking the small town's alternately drab and absurd existence. All along, the Professor--a world-famous natural scientist who studies mosses and inhabits a bizarre Zen-like shack in a desolate area outside of town--offers long rants and disquisitions on his own attempts to immunize himself from thought. Spectacular actions are staged, death and the abyss loom, until finally doom is brought down on the unsuspecting residents of the town" --,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Krasznahorkai, L., & Mulzet, O. (2019). Baron Wenckheim's homecoming (First edition.). New Directions Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Krasznahorkai, László and Ottilie, Mulzet. 2019. Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming. New Directions Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Krasznahorkai, László and Ottilie, Mulzet. Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming New Directions Publishing, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Krasznahorkai, László,, and Ottilie Mulzet. Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming First edition., New Directions Publishing, 2019.
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