Animalinside |
|
| Author:
| Krasznahorkai, László
Neumann, Max |
| Series title: | Cahiers Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9565092-1-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2012 |
| Publisher: | Sylph Editions
|
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.00 |
Book Description:
|
In this Cahier, novelist Laszlo Krasznahorkai responds with fourteen texts to fourteen depictions of a strange and ill-formed creature made by his friend the renowned German painter Max Neumann. The texts speak from within the head of Neumann's creature that seems to be menacing existence itself; serving, as they do so, to confirm Susan Sontag's estimate of Krasznahorkai as The Hungarian Master of Apocalypse . All fourteen of Neumann's paintings are reproduced alongside the texts...
More DescriptionIn this Cahier, novelist Laszlo Krasznahorkai responds with fourteen texts to fourteen depictions of a strange and ill-formed creature made by his friend the renowned German painter Max Neumann. The texts speak from within the head of Neumann's creature that seems to be menacing existence itself; serving, as they do so, to confirm Susan Sontag's estimate of Krasznahorkai as The Hungarian Master of Apocalypse . All fourteen of Neumann's paintings are reproduced alongside the texts (translated by Ottilie Mulzet). With a preface by Irish novelist Colm Toibin.