I was excited to see that Krasznahorkai won this year‘s Nobel Prize in literature. I really like his writing. These are the books of his I‘ve appreciated reading, and this is the motivation I need to finish the one on top of the pile this year. Very good, and very long.
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to László Krasznahorkai. I've only read the tagged book by him and I have to admit I didn't love it. I might try another work, just in case.
#NobelPrize
pickVery interesting book. The author does a reasonably good job at covering the history of Central Europe from around the Roman Empire until after the Cold War. The different topics are covered in a more broad manner, so some areas don't receive a very in-depth look. However, the book can still serve as a good introduction for those interested in Central European history.
I am touring the Vienna Habsburg Schönbrunn castle and it has changed my brain for what I am going to picture when a book says a Dovecote/ aviary.
Adding some new countries to #ReadTheWorld2025 in July and August: #NewZealand, #Finland, #Peru, #Pakistan, #SriLanka, #Hungary and #Sweden.
I now have covered 26 countries!
For some reason, this is my 2nd book in a row that features twins, but they're v. different books. This one is set (probably) in #Hungary, near an unspecified border during WWII (again, probably), with twins that harden themselves to survive all the hardships they may encounter. None of the characters are likeable. Warning for cruelty, abuse (including sexual), murder - all the wartime horrors and more. Thankfully short & sparsely-written. ⬇
so-so#BookerLonglist #3
I really liked Szalay‘s other books but I can‘t make much of this one.
István doesn‘t live his life, it just happens to him. He doesn‘t make choices or decisions. He just says okay to everything that is decided for him. There‘s just one time he does takes action, and it changes the course of his life. Yet it doesn‘t have any real impact on him or on me as a reader. So. Not very impressed.
And can someone explain the title?
Good to find someone who read his books and appreciated them! I found The Melancholy of Resistance underwhelming, but am willing to try another one of his works. Any recommendations? 2d