THE WORLD GOES ON - Scarce Pristine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing

Krasznahorkai, Laszlo (Author); Batki, John; Mulzet, Ottilie & Szirtes,George (Translators)

ISBN 10: 0811224198 / ISBN 13: 9780811224192

Published by New York City, NY: New Directions, 2017, 2017

1st Printing. 311 pages. Published in 2017. The author's collection of linked stories. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. In hypnotic, shiny multi-colored hard boards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Laszlo Krasznahorkai's "The World Goes On" in felicitous English translations. Some unforgettable narratives, told in the genre that often tends to become forgettable. "A narrator first speaks directly, then tells eleven stories, and then bids farewell" (Publisher's blurb). "A Hungarian interpreter obsessed with waterfalls, at the edge of the abyss of his own mind, wanders the chaotic streets of Shanghai. A traveler, reeling from the sights and sounds of Varanasi, India, encounters a giant of a man on the banks of the Ganges ranting on the nature of a single drop of water. A child laborer in a Portuguese marble quarry wanders off from work one day into a surreal realm utterly alien from his daily toils" (Publisher's blurb). "The excitement of his writing is that he has come up with his own original forms. There is nothing else like it in contemporary literature" (New York Review of Books). "Each text is about drawing our attention away from this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselves in a current of thought or narrative" (Laszlo Krasznahorkai). An absolute "must-have" title for Laszlo Krasznahorkai collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of very few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: This is a copy of the 2017 First Hardcover Edition. Copies available online have serious flaws or are in multiple subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Winner of the Nobel Prize For Literature in 2025. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LASZLO KRASZNAHORKAI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0811224198. Seller Inventory # 24089

Synopsis:

In The World Goes On, a narrator first speaks directly, then tells eleven unforgettable stories, and then bids farewell ("for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me"). As László Krasznahoraki himself explains: "Each text is about drawing our attention away from this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselves in a current of thought or a narrative..." A Hungarian interpreter obsessed with waterfalls, at the edge of the abyss in his own mind, wanders the chaotic streets of Shanghai. A traveler, reeling from the sights and sounds of Varanasi, encounters a giant of a man on the banks of the Ganges ranting on the nature of a single drop of water. A child laborer in a Portuguese marble quarry wanders off from work one day into a surreal realm utterly alien from his daily toils. The World Goes On is another amazing masterpiece by the winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. "The excitement of his writing," Adam Thirwell proclaimed in the New York Review of Books, "is that he has come up with this own original forms--there is nothing else like it in contemporary literature."

About the Authors:

The winner of the 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature and the 2015 Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement, László Krasznahorkai was born in Gyula, Hungary.

George Szirtes (b. 1948) is an award-winning poet and translator who settled in England after his family fled the Hungarian Uprising of 1956. His translation of Satantango by László Krasznahorkai won the 2013 Best Translated Book Award.

Ottilie Mulzet is a literary critic and translator of Hungarian. Mulzet received the National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2019 for her translation of László Krasznahorkai's Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming and the Best Translated Book Award in 2014 for her translation of Krasznahorkai's Seiobo There Below.

John Batki is a kilimologist, writer, translator, and visual artist. He was born in Hungary and has lived in the United States since age fourteen.

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE WORLD GOES ON - Scarce Pristine Copy of ...
Publisher: New York City, NY: New Directions, 2017
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: None, As Issued
Signed: no
Edition: 1st Edition.