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"Set in an isolated hamlet, Satantango unfolds over the course of a few rain-soaked days. Only a dozen inhabitants remain in the bleak village, rank with the stench of failed schemes, betrayals, failure, infidelity, sudden hopes, and aborted dreams. At the center of Satantango is the eponymous...

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Main Author: Krasznahorkai, László
Other Authors: Szirtes, George, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New Directions Pub. Corp., 2012.
Subjects:
Collectivization of agriculture > Hungary > Fiction.
Abandoned farms > Hungary > Fiction.
Swindlers and swindling > Hungary > Fiction.
Refugee property > Hungary > Fiction.
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Summary:"Set in an isolated hamlet, Satantango unfolds over the course of a few rain-soaked days. Only a dozen inhabitants remain in the bleak village, rank with the stench of failed schemes, betrayals, failure, infidelity, sudden hopes, and aborted dreams. At the center of Satantango is the eponymous drunken dance."--P. [i].
Physical Description:274 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:9780811217347 (acid-free paper)
0811217345 (acid-free paper)