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Books are first edition, second printing for the German edition, and third printing for the English edition. They are translations from the original Hungarian novel published in Budapest in 2016. GERMAN EDITION: Translated by Christina Viragh. Hard cover, 8 vo, in brown paper-covered boards, white titles to the spine, in the original pictorial dust jacket picturing a spiral staircase. 493 [494pp.] Stated second printing: "2. Auflage," Dec. 2018. ISBN 97831000222370. This book **SIGNED BY LASZLO KRASZNAHORKAI to title page, undated. **German text. Condition: Fine, in a Near Fine D/j with very slight rubbing. Very small black stickers over the price on rear of jacket. **ENGLISH EDITION: Translated by Ottilie Mulzet. Hard cover, 8vo, in black cloth, titles in white to spine, in the original red and white dust jacket printed with the gold seal of the "National Book Award Winner" (won for translated literature, 2019) with red endpapers, 558pp. Third printing, 2019. Condition: Fine in a fine d/j. Both now in mylar protectors. **"Set in contemporary times, [the book] tells the story of a Prince Myshkin-like figure who decides to return to the provincial Hungarian town of his birth. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aries, where he was living in exile, he wishes to be reunited with with his high school sweetheart, Marika. What follows is an endless storm of gossip, con men, and local politicians, vividly evoking the small city's alternatively drab and absurd existence. All along the Professor,--a world famous natural scientist who studies mosses and inhabits a bizarre 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, and doom is brought down on the unsuspecting residents of the town." (blurb) ISBN 9780811226646. Sold only as a set. Scarce early printings. Collectible set for fans of the Hungarian Winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize for Literature's unique work.
Ref: FICTC 9651
$600.00