Author | László Krasznahorkai |
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Original title | Megy a világ |
Translators | John Batki Ottilie Mulzet George Szirtes |
Language | Hungarian |
Genre | Short story collection |
Publisher | Magvető |
Publication date | March 2013 |
Publication place | Hungary |
Published in English | 2 November 2017 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 296 |
ISBN | 978-963-14-3073-8 |
OCLC | 909943799 |
894/.51134 | |
LC Class | PH3281.K8866 M44 2013 |
The World Goes On (Hungarian: Megy a világ) is a collection of twenty-one short stories by László Krasznahorkai. Originally published in Hungarian by Magvető in 2013, it was later translated to English by John Batki, Ottilie Mulzet, and George Szirtes and published in 2017 by New Directions Publishing.
The English translation was shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize.[1][2][3]
The novel was published in Hungarian by Magvető in March 2013.[4][5] It was translated into English by John Batki, Ottilie Mulzet, and George Szirtes and published in 2017 by Tuskar Rock Press in the United Kingdom and New Directions Publishing in the United States.[6][7] The translation was first published by Tuskar Rock on 2 November 2017.[6]
Many of the stories had been previously published:
At the review aggregator website Book Marks, which assigns individual ratings to book reviews from mainstream literary critics, the novel received a cumulative "Positive" rating based on 11 reviews: 4 "Rave" reviews and 7 "Positive" reviews.[8]
In its starred review, Publishers Weekly wrote, "This book breaks all conventions and tests the very limits of language, resulting in a transcendent, astounding experience."[9]
Kirkus Reviews praised Krasznahorkai's "dense, philosophically charged prose", comparing it to the works of James Joyce and Friedrich Nietzsche.[10]
Claire Kohda Hazelton of The Observer called it "a masterpiece of invention, utterly different from everything else".[11]