Satantango

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Translated by George Szirtes. From the winner of the Man Booker International PrizeIn the darkening embers of a Communist utopia, life in a desolate Hungarian town has come to a vi rtual standstill. Flies buzz, spiders weave, water drips and animals root desultorily in the barnyard of a collective farm. But 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. Format: Paperback Published: in UK in 2020 Publisher: Profile Books Ltd Pages: 304 Language: English ISBN 13: 9781788166355 ISBN 10: 1788166353 Show more