The Melancholy of Resistance

The Melancholy of Resistance
Author László Krasznahorkai
Original title Az ellenállás melankóliája
Translator George Szirtes
Country Hungary
Language Hungarian
Publisher Magvető Könyvkiadó
Publication date
 1989
Published in English
 2000
Pages 385
ISBN 9788009000689

The Melancholy of Resistance (Hungarian: Az ellenállás melankóliája) is a 1989 novel by the Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai. The narrative is set in a restless town where a mysterious circus, which exhibits a whale and nothing else, contributes to an apocalyptic atmosphere. The novel was adapted into the 2000 film Werckmeister Harmonies, directed by Béla Tarr.[1]

Reception

James Wood of The New Yorker wrote in 2011: "The Melancholy of Resistance is a comedy of apocalypse, a book about a God that not only failed but didn't even turn up for the exam. Less manic, less entrapped than War and War, it has elements of a traditional social novel." Wood continued: "The Melancholy of Resistance is a demanding book, and a pessimistic one, too, since it seems to take repeated ironic shots at the possibility of revolution. ... The pleasure of the book, and a kind of resistance, as well, flows from its extraordinary, stretched, self-recoiling sentences, which are marvels of a loosely punctuated stream of consciousness."[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Elley, Derek (2000-06-04). "Werckmeister Harmonies". Variety. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  2. ↑ Wood, James (2011-07-04). "The fiction of László Krasznahorkai". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2012-03-20.


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