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The World Goes On
Laszlo Krasznahorkai
The World Goes On
Laszlo Krasznahorkai
A magnificent new collection of stories by ?the contemporary Hungarian master of apocalypse? (Susan Sontag)
288 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) | 
| Released | October 14, 2025 | 
| ISBN13 | 9780811224192 | 
| Publishers | W W Norton & Co Inc | 
| Pages | 311 | 
| Dimensions | 140 × 203 × 28 mm · 476 g | 
| Language | English | 
| Translator | Batki, John | 
| Translator | Mulzet, Ottilie | 
| Translator | Szirtes, George | 
                    
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