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Laszlo Krasznahorkai
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The Melancholy of Resistance
Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Reclusive Hungarian writer dissects the anxieties of post-communist Europe in a surreal and dark tale: hysteria sets in when the circus comes to town promising to display the stuffed body of the largest whale in the world.
272 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780704380097 |
| Publishers | Quartet Books |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 210 g |
| Translator | Szirtes, George |
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