Hmm. Besides Satantango I think we only have The World Goes On and The Melancholy of Resistance translated here.
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Yeah. Werckmeister Harmonies is the adaptation of The Melancholy of Resistance. Both are brilliant.
You should read this interview of Krasznahorkai. His perspective on film and his “collaborations” with Béla Tarr is fascinating.
https://www.lit-across-frontiers.org/transcript/interview-with-laszlo-kraznahorkai/
You should read this interview of Krasznahorkai. His perspective on film and his “collaborations” with Béla Tarr is fascinating.
https://www.lit-across-frontiers.org/transcript/interview-with-laszlo-kraznahorkai/
The Encyclopedia of the Dead sounds interesting, i had a book of danilo kis and gave it as a gift to a friend. so its a author which i have to read yet. also pekic some friends are talking highly about.
right now im reading the brother karamasov, the eldest brother is a funny character i enjoy reading about. lets see.
right now im reading the brother karamasov, the eldest brother is a funny character i enjoy reading about. lets see.
my fav book ever.
Only okay? Meh. 
I really like Selimovic. However, I skipped his best work. I read The Circle which was his unfinished book and imo the least impressive one so I recommend avoiding that one. It has a political background but I couldn't digest it. Then I read Silence which was really and The Island which was even better. The simplicity is where he shines at and I think he's perfect at it, unlike Bukowski. I had planned to read both The Fortress and Death and the Dervish (which are his best work) this year but I doubt it's gonna happen due to pilled books that I have next to me.
I really like Selimovic. However, I skipped his best work. I read The Circle which was his unfinished book and imo the least impressive one so I recommend avoiding that one. It has a political background but I couldn't digest it. Then I read Silence which was really and The Island which was even better. The simplicity is where he shines at and I think he's perfect at it, unlike Bukowski. I had planned to read both The Fortress and Death and the Dervish (which are his best work) this year but I doubt it's gonna happen due to pilled books that I have next to me.
Only okay? Meh.
I really like Selimovic. However, I skipped his best work. I read The Circle which was his unfinished book and imo the least impressive one so I recommend avoiding that one. It has a political background but I couldn't digest it. Then I read Silence which was really and The Island which was even better. The simplicity is where he shines at and I think he's perfect at it, unlike Bukowski. I had planned to read both The Fortress and Death and the Dervish (which are his best work) this year but I doubt it's gonna happen due to pilled books that I have next to me.
I really like Selimovic. However, I skipped his best work. I read The Circle which was his unfinished book and imo the least impressive one so I recommend avoiding that one. It has a political background but I couldn't digest it. Then I read Silence which was really and The Island which was even better. The simplicity is where he shines at and I think he's perfect at it, unlike Bukowski. I had planned to read both The Fortress and Death and the Dervish (which are his best work) this year but I doubt it's gonna happen due to pilled books that I have next to me.
i mean dostoyevski is good, i knew it before. a lot of people talk how good the brother karamasov is but to be honest, i cant really understand why. like i said im in the middle maybe it gets better. why is it your favourite book?
@Post Ironic I read Satantango. I finished it yesterday actually. I was expecting a really good book but I was quite surprised as it turned out to be amazing and I'd easily label it as one of the better books I ever read while over the past two years it's by far the best thing I read. Totally blown away by Laslo. Quite dense and specific style of writing. I loved the dark-ish atmosphere in dystopic environment. The rain, mud and such melancholic days were shown in a mysterious and hard detailed way was simply brilliant. It's like Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea and Waiting for Godot had a child which was put onto steroids. Characters were amazing while I liked the light humor in it. It does require a bit high concentration level due to the dense style but totally worth it. I'm so glad I read it.
Great book. 
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I love it. His style does take some high concentration to get going at first, but once you immerse yourself in the flow and cadence of his prose and narrative, it has an almost hypnotic and mesmerizing effect. I love the dark, atmosphere dystopic environments of his works too. There's something of the apocalyptic in his books, though, as the monologue in The Turin Horse (or the last added chapter to War & War) puts it, it's more so the version of the apocalypse that has triumphed by stealth, a slow decay, an almost imperceptible slide into ruin and despair. He really is brilliant.
I want you to read The Melancholy of Resistance and let me know what you think. It's such an extraordinary book imo.
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I love it. His style does take some high concentration to get going at first, but once you immerse yourself in the flow and cadence of his prose and narrative, it has an almost hypnotic and mesmerizing effect. I love the dark, atmosphere dystopic environments of his works too. There's something of the apocalyptic in his books, though, as the monologue in The Turin Horse (or the last added chapter to War & War) puts it, it's more so the version of the apocalypse that has triumphed by stealth, a slow decay, an almost imperceptible slide into ruin and despair. He really is brilliant.
I want you to read The Melancholy of Resistance and let me know what you think. It's such an extraordinary book imo.
Great book.
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I love it. His style does take some high concentration to get going at first, but once you immerse yourself in the flow and cadence of his prose and narrative, it has an almost hypnotic and mesmerizing effect. I love the dark, atmosphere dystopic environments of his works too. There's something of the apocalyptic in his books, though, as the monologue in The Turin Horse (or the last added chapter to War & War) puts it, it's more so the version of the apocalypse that has triumphed by stealth, a slow decay, an almost imperceptible slide into ruin and despair. He really is brilliant.
I want you to read The Melancholy of Resistance and let me know what you think. It's such an extraordinary book imo.
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I love it. His style does take some high concentration to get going at first, but once you immerse yourself in the flow and cadence of his prose and narrative, it has an almost hypnotic and mesmerizing effect. I love the dark, atmosphere dystopic environments of his works too. There's something of the apocalyptic in his books, though, as the monologue in The Turin Horse (or the last added chapter to War & War) puts it, it's more so the version of the apocalypse that has triumphed by stealth, a slow decay, an almost imperceptible slide into ruin and despair. He really is brilliant.
I want you to read The Melancholy of Resistance and let me know what you think. It's such an extraordinary book imo.
Oh... yes. I know. It's on my list for the book fair although it may have been sold out already so it might be tricky to get it. However, I never watched Satantango movie. I did watch Werckmeister harmóniák, though, so it might influence the expectations as the movie is brilliant. I do remember quite a lot so book might not surprise me much, but I defo want to read it. We don't have War and War translated (there's a translation in Croatia tho), but The Melancholy of Resistance is possible to get. Will try to get my hands on that asap.
I know it's long at 7 hours. But please watch Satantango. It shall be worth it, I promise. I think with Tarr and Krasznahorkai, it doesn't so much matter whether you have read the book or film first, as they are both independent works, fully immersed in the possibilities of their medium for expression.
