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Baron Wenckheim's homecoming / László Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet.
Baron's Wenckheim's Homecoming 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 Aires, where he was living in exile, he wishes to be reunited 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 alternately 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780811226646
- Physical Description: 558 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : New Directions, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in Hungarian as Báró Wenckheim hazatér"--Title page verso. "A New Directions book." |
| Original Version Note: | Translation of: Báró Wenckheim hazatér. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Hungarian. |
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| Subject: | Homecoming > Fiction. Gossip > Fiction. Hungary > Fiction. |
Available copies
- 5 of 5 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrace Public Library | KRA (Text) | 35151001094721 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
