The World Goes On
By: László Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by John Batki, Ottilie Mulzet, and George Szirtes
Contributors: Batki, John, translator; Mulzet, Ottilie, translator; Szirtes, George, 1948- translator
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Translated from: hun
Translation of: Megy a világ
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780811224192
Subjects: Translations into English
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "In [this short story collection], a narrator first speaks directly, then tells eleven unforgettable stories, and then bids farewell"--Amazon.com.
Table of contents: title: I. Speaks.; title: Wandering-standing  -- [translated by] Ottilie Mulzet; title: On Velocity  -- [translated by] George Szirtes; title: He wants to forget  -- [translated by] John Batki; title: How lovely  -- [translated by] JB; title: At the latest, in Turin  -- [translated by] JB; title: The world goes on  -- [translated by] JB; title: Universal Theseus  -- [translated by] JB; title: One hundred people all told  -- [translated by] JB; title: Not on the Heracleitean path  -- [translated by] JB -- II. Narrates.; title: Nine dragon crossing  -- [translated by] JB; title: One time on the 381  -- [translated by] JB; title: Győrgy Fehér's Henrik Mólnar  -- [translated by] JB; title: Bankers  -- [translated by] OM; title: A drop of water  -- [translated by] JB; title: Downhill on a forest road  -- [translated by] GS; title: The bill  -- [translated by] GS; title: That Gagarin  -- [translated by] OM; title: Obstacle theory  -- [translated by] JB; title: Journey in a place without blessings  -- [translated by] OM; title: The swan of Istanbul  -- [translated by] JB -- III. He bids farewell.; title: I don't need anything from here -- [translated by] OM.