lunababymoonchild Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 From Wikipedia : The novel is a postmodernist piece, and while it has a plot, many details are not outlined and remain unclear. It consists of two parts, and each part consists of six sections; sections of the second part are numbered in reverse order. Every chapter is a long paragraph which does not contain line breaks. Most of the action occurs in a run-down Hungarian village ("estate") which is in a vicinity of an unnamed town but the inhabitants are almost isolated from the outside world. The main character, Irimiás, a con man posing as a saviour, arrives at the estate, achieves an almost unlimited power over the inhabitants, gets them to give him all their hard-earned money, convinces them to move to another abandoned “estate” nearby, and then brings them to the town, where he disperses them around the country. The purpose of the whole exercise is to give Irimiás money and power. As it turns out the villagers are given good lodgings and Irimiàs gives them money so we wonder if he has taken advantage of them. The prose is brilliant and very well worth reading Recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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