{"product_id":"satantango","title":"Laszlo Krasznahorkai: Satantango W2 (hungarian) [2020] paperback","description":"Translated by George Szirtes\u003cbr\u003eFrom the winner of the Man Booker International Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 collective farm. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when the charismatic Irimias - long-thought dead - returns, the villagers fall under his spell. Irimias sets about swindling the villagers out of a fortune that might allow them to escape the emptiness and futility of their existence. He soon attains a messianic aura as he plays on the fears of the townsfolk and a series of increasingly brutal events unfold.","brand":"Krasznahorkai, Laszlo \u0026 Szirtes, George \u0026 Mulzet, Ottilie","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46482271306067,"sku":"9781788166355","price":14.3,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/krasznahorkai-laszlo-szirtes-george-mulzet-ottilie-laszlo-krasznahorkai-satantango-w2-hungarian-2020-paperback-9781788166355-58540789956947.jpg?v=1727051524","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/satantango","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}