The Resource Baron Wenckheim's homecoming, László Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet
Baron Wenckheim's homecoming, László Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet
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The item Baron Wenckheim's homecoming, László Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library, Britannia Branch (Open with Limited Services).This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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The item Baron Wenckheim's homecoming, László Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library, Britannia Branch (Open with Limited Services).
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- Summary
- Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming tells the story of Baron Bela Wenckheim, who decides to return at the end of his life to the provincial Hungarian town of his birth. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he wishes to be reunited with his high school sweetheart Marika. What follows is an endless storm of gossip, con men, and local politicians, vividly evoking the small town's alternately drab and absurd existence. All along, the Professor - a world-famous natural scientist who studies mosses and inhabits a bizarre Zen-like shack in a desolate area outside of town - offers long rants and disquisitions on his own attempts to immunize himself from thought. Spectacular actions are staged, death and the abyss loom, until finally doom is brought down on the unsuspecting residents of the town
- Language
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- eng
- hun
- eng
- Label
- Baron Wenckheim's homecoming
- Title
- Baron Wenckheim's homecoming
- Statement of responsibility
- László Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet
- Language
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- eng
- hun
- eng
- Summary
- Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming tells the story of Baron Bela Wenckheim, who decides to return at the end of his life to the provincial Hungarian town of his birth. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he wishes to be reunited with his high school sweetheart Marika. What follows is an endless storm of gossip, con men, and local politicians, vividly evoking the small town's alternately drab and absurd existence. All along, the Professor - a world-famous natural scientist who studies mosses and inhabits a bizarre Zen-like shack in a desolate area outside of town - offers long rants and disquisitions on his own attempts to immunize himself from thought. Spectacular actions are staged, death and the abyss loom, until finally doom is brought down on the unsuspecting residents of the town
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Krasznahorkai, László
- Dewey number
- 894/.51134
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PH3281.K8866
- LC item number
- B3713 2019
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Homecoming
- Scientists
- Debt
- Reunions
- Gossip
- Exile (Punishment)
- Small town life
- Hungary
- Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- Label
- Baron Wenckheim's homecoming, László Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 558 pages
- Isbn
- 9780811226646
- Lccn
- 2019025135
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- on1119666463
- (OCoLC)1119666463
- Label
- Baron Wenckheim's homecoming, László Krasznahorkai ; translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 558 pages
- Isbn
- 9780811226646
- Lccn
- 2019025135
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- on1119666463
- (OCoLC)1119666463
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Vancouver Public Library, Central Library (Open with Limited Services - Children’s Library, Level 2 and Level 3)Borrow it350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 6B1, CA49.280188 -123.114755
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Vancouver Public Library, Champlain Heights Branch (Open with Limited Services)Borrow it7110 Kerr Street, Vancouver, BC, V5S 4W2, CA49.219031 -123.041172
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