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A Hungarian archivist discovers a manuscript and travels to New York, convinced he must preserve it. The story moves between the archivist’s life and the world he finds in the manuscript.
George Szirtes translated this print edition into English. It suits a reader who enjoys stories within stories and can linger over Krasznahorkai’s long sentences.
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