Herscht 07769

Author: Krasznahorkai, Laszlo

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 3 October 2024 by Profile Books Ltd (Tuskar Rock) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 416 pages
241 x 165 x 39 | 632g

'Propulsive and revelatory' The New York TimesFlorian Herscht has a problem: having faithfully attended Herr Köhler's classes in particle physics for two years, he is convinced that global cataclysm is imminent. And so he embarks upon a one-sided correspondence with Chancellor Angela Merkel, hoping to convince her of the imminent danger of the complete destruction of all physical matter.

Written in one cascading sentence with the force of atomic particles colliding, Krasznahorkai's latest novel is a tour de force, a morality play of blistering satire, a devastating encapsulation of our helplessness in the face of the moral and environmental dilemmas we face.