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Hard cover, 8vo, in photographically decorated paper covered boards, titles in black and tan, 333pp.** Text in Polish from the original Hungarian title," Háboru és háboru." (War and War) first published 1999. CONDITION: Fine." Korim works in a provincial Hungarian archive. His life is not going well: his marriage has fallen apart, his friends have abandoned him, he is lost and lonely. One day, he finds a manuscript that will completely captivate him. It will shake him from his slumber, momentarily freeing him from the burden of melancholy. Korim realizes he must immortalize the story of four men traveling across countries and eras, constantly on the run....He sells everything and sets out on a journey to the center of the world--New York, a modern-day Tower of Babel. Like a postmodern scribe, he types the text onto the internet. Like a madman, he is obsessed with his task, which eventually becomes an obsession. At night, the great narrator recounts his work to a random roommate. The desire to understand the mysterious document gives direction to Korim's life. But will it last? Krasnahorkai draws the reader into an extraordinary labyrinth of searching for meaning, constructed on the borders of history, philosophy, and metaphysics, reality and myth, truth and fiction." Translated from the book's "blurb."** Hungarian AUTHOR László Krasznahorkai (b. 1954) was, most recently, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in October, 2025, only the latest of many internationally recognized superlatives for his works of literary fiction, short stories and screenplays which have now been translated into many languages and adapted to film.* An absorbing read for the Polish-speaking bibliophile.
Ref: FICTC 9627
$40.00