Satantango

In the darkening embers of a Communist utopia, life in a Hungarian town has come to a virtual standstill. Flies buzz, spiders weave, water drips and animals root desultorily in the barnyard of a collective farm. But when the charismatic Irimias - long thought dead - returns to the commune, the villagers fall under his spell. Is he a prophet, a secret agent - or the devil himself?

This edition includes new pages that were lost from the original of George Szirtes' acclaimed English translation, ten years in the making. It is the definitive version of Krasznakorkai's first masterpiece.