László Krasznahorkai’s collection of 21 stories, each about ‘speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselves in a current of thought’
Translated by Ottilie Mulzet, George Szirtes, John Batki
John Batki
John Batki was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1942
He is a writer, translator and visual artist - as well as being a self-proclaimed kilimologist (an expert in old weavings). Batki was born in Hungary and has lived in the United States since the age of 14.
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