La mélancolie de la résistance

by László Krasznahorkai

EPUB, 448 pages

French language

Published Sept. 30, 2016 by Gallimard.

ISBN:: 978-2-07-267328-3

(10 reviews)

Quel danger plane sur cette petite ville du sud-est de la Hongrie ? Quelle est la nature du malaise qui l'agite ? Nous suivons Mme Pflaum et la voyons se débattre avec une menace jamais nommée. Son ennemie, Mme Eszter, l'appelle à l'aide pour mener campagne contre la destruction, mais la venue d'un cirque et l'exhibition d'une immense baleine sèment le trouble dans la communauté, puis précipitent la ville dans une explosion de violence. La mélancolie de la résistance avance crescendo dans un monde fascinant et crépusculaire. Récompensé par l'International Booker Prize. Traduit en français par Joëlle Dufeuilly.

7 editions

MBorri reviewed Melancolia della resistenza by László Krasznahorkai

Sconveniente

4 stars

Bello, complesso, faticoso a tratti. Un libro come deve essere

ilchinealach reviewed The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai

Review of 'The Melancholy of Resistance' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

obviously exceptional, singular etc., but a clunky variant on the Uncle Charles principle endures throughout; each character thinks in clichés which are placed in quotation marks. don't know if its' a translation thing but I found it annoying

Baltipink reviewed The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai

Review of 'The Melancholy of Resistance' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Normally, I despise stream of consciousness. But somehow the run-on thoughts and sentences were tolerable in this one. I think it is because the book is incredibly dark. Don't read this book for admirable characters or hope of any kind. But if you want the recognizably petty, the bureaucrats, the power seekers, the lost filling their lives with knickknacks or booze - well then this is your book.