LEADER 03153cam 2200589 i 4500001 on1057376998 003 OCoLC 005 20200121081912.0 008 190617t20192019nyu 000 1 eng 010 2019025135 019 1119666463 020 9780811226646 |qhardcover 020 0811226646 |qhardcover 020 |z9780811226653 |qelectronic book 035 (Sirsi) 40029529483 035 40029529483 035 (OCoLC)1057376998 |z(OCoLC)1119666463 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dYDX |dLMJ |dOCLCO |dCGL |dOCO |dNZAUC |dEAU |dOCLCF |dVP@ |dJTH |dUtOrBLW 041 1 eng |hhun 042 pcc 043 e-hu--- 050 00 PH3281.K8866 |bB3713 2019 082 00 894/.51134 |223 100 1 Krasznahorkai, László, |eauthor. |=^A1387524 240 10 Báró Wenckheim hazatér. |lEnglish |=^A1387524 245 10 Baron Wenckheim's homecoming / |cLászló Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet. 250 [First edition]. 264 1 New York : |bNew Directions Publishing, |c2019. 264 4 |c©2019 300 558 pages ; |c21 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 500 "Originally published in Hungarian as Báró Wenckheim hazatér"--Title page verso. 500 Translated from the Hungarian. 520 "Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming tells the story of a Prince Myshkin-like figure, Baron Bela Wenckheim, who decides to return at the end of his life 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 town's alternately drab and absurd existence. All along, the Professor--a world-famous natural scientist who studies mosses and inhabits a bizarre Zen-like 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, until finally doom is brought down on the unsuspecting residents of the town"-- |cProvided by publisher. 546 Translated from the Hungarian. 650 0 City and town life |vFiction. |=^A461636 650 0 Homecoming |vFiction. |=^A916707 650 0 Eccentrics and eccentricities |vFiction. |=^A464050 651 0 Hungary |vFiction. |=^A820202 650 7 Gossip. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00945035 650 7 Homecoming. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01765222 651 7 Hungary. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01205132 |?UNAUTHORIZED 655 7 Fiction. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 Dystopian fiction. |2lcgft 700 1 Mulzet, Ottilie |etranslator. |=^A1388421 949 |i30372017335396 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s29.95 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 5215854