László Krasznahorkai

Eastern-European literature is full of hidden gems, at least to us westerners. Sometimes, one comes to light – like the first translations of the work of Sandor Marai in the mid-nineties, causing a minor sensation. Translations of fellow Hungarian László Krasznahorkai’s work have become available over the last few years. No one need mistake his status: every year, he is Hungary’s entry for the Nobel Prize for Literature.

This fall, another of the master’s novels will appear in translation: Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming, a classic Krasznahorkai. In other words: a story that could only by have been written by someone from a part of the world that has seen plenty of unruliness over the course of history. In Wenchkheim, he conjures up an apocalyptic society, in which people hoping for a miracle once again put their faith in a false Messiah. Ending in disaster.

László Krasnahorkai (1954) is a Hungarian novelist. In 2015, he was awarded a special Man Booker International Prize for his entire oeuvre.

During BorderKitchen László Krasznahorkai will be interviewed (in English) by Chris Keulemans about his work and this new novel. After the interview, László will be available to sign books, our favourite bookseller De Vries Van Stockum Den Haag is also present with Dutch and English copies of the book.