Chasing Homer
Laszlo KrasznahorkaiA classic escape nightmare, Chasing Homer is sped on not only by Krasznahorkai's signature velocity, but also by a unique musical score & intense illustrations
In this thrilling chase narrative, a hunted being escapes certain death at breakneck speed—careening through Europe, heading blindly South. Faster & faster, escaping the assassins, our protagonist flies forward, blending into crowds, adjusting to terrains, hopping on & off ferries, always desperately trying to stay a step ahead of certain death: the past did not exist, only what was current existed—a prisoner of the instant, rushing into this instant, an instant that had no continuation ...Krasznahorkai—celebrated for the exhilarating energy of his prose—outdoes himself in Chasing Homer. And this unique collaboration boasts beautiful full-color paintings by Max Neumann and—reaching out of the book proper—the wildly percussive music of Szilveszter...
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László Krasznahorkai, an innovative Hungarian writer, was announced as the sixth Man Booker International Prize winner in 2015. Krasznahorkai chose to split the prize between two translators; George Szirtes (who translated Satantango & The Melancholy of Resistance) & Ottilie Mulzet (who translated Seiobo There Below). Krasznahorkai is known for critically difficult & demanding novels, often labelled as postmodern, with dystopian & bleak melancholic themes.