The World Goes on

by László Krasznahorkai

Book Overview

In The World Goes On, a narrator first speaks directly, then tells eleven unforgettable stories, and then bids farewell ("for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me"). As L?szl? Krasznahoraki himself explains: "Each text is about drawing our attention away from this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselves in a current of thought or a narrative..." A Hungarian interpreter obsessed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811224198
• ISBN13: 9780811224192
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

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this is one of the most all encompassing and totally enthralling books i’ve ever read.. it benefitted greatly from me savoring it as i read and it will be something i sit with for a long time. read it.