i had read chasing homer (another book of his) some time ago and loved it and satantango seemed to be more popular in the us book market so i gave it a shot and i do believe that lászló krasznahorkai is one of the best living working authors. a while ago there was an n+1 piece about how all litfic sounds the same and krasznahorkai proves them all wrong. he has these long winding sentances that build tension and they’re so distinct i love love love highly recommend him as an author cannot wait to read the rest of the oeuvre
Mar 25, 2024
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go to your nearest bookstore right now and pick up anything authored by this beautiful Hungarian that's available on the shelves. prominent themes are melancholy and desire (lit af) and his prose is syntactically challenging yet totally ecstatic to read. greatest living working writer of today God told me so himself :(
Mar 25, 2025
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i work at a bookstore and i recommend this to anyone with similar taste to me… really good & kind of weird. i love it more everytime i read it!
Feb 10, 2024
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simply one of the best attempts at historical fiction that will ever be written. vonnegut has such a poignant and warm voice, something that slices through the pre and post apocalyptic nightmare world he has created. not only does he accurately comment on eras past (the cuban missile crisis, the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki, etc.), he somehow manages to accurately predict key figures and events in years to come (false prophets, Jonesville, etc). i remember reading this for the first time when i was 14 years old and not understanding a wink of it. however, vonnegut's voice continued to rattle around my conscious in the years following - so much so, that when i decided to pick of reading again, there was no other novel i would even consider reading first. i'm so happy to be restarting my reading journey with one of the best novels ever written.
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if you think you’re the smartest person in your friend group you’re weird and annoying. the best friendships come out of mutual awe and respectability. be friends with people who make you want to know more things.
Jan 29, 2024
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i will never be in a situationship in the same way i will never be in the land of oz--it's just not real. i think using the word doesn't let you self-reflect in a way that is truly helpful. i was telling my friend about the awkwardness of seeing an exhook up in a relationship bc i thought we had mutual feelings and she said "oh your exsituationship" and i thought (for the first time) no, we had clear boundaries i just got my hopes up. my point is that instead of using situationship as a catch-all for not quite dating or wtv failed prospect, take it as a moment to reflect on what exactly went wrong. idk if this is profound or not
Jan 30, 2025
i’m averaging 14,000 steps a day for the past year, why? i walk everywhere. at one point i was averaging 16,000 (this is my flex). you get to explore a city and now when people ask me for directions i can actually tell them bc i’ve gotten really good at knowing where i am. if it takes less than an hour for me to walk from a to b, i will walk. if i have enough time i’ll walk 2+ hours just to see someone. just put on a good playlist/pod and go go go!!
Jan 29, 2024