Chasing Homer : good luck, and nothing else : Odysseus's cave / László Krasznahorkai ; with art by Max Neumann ; with music by Szilveszter Miklós ; translated from the Hungarian by John Batki.
"A New Directions book." "Originally published in Hungarian by Magvető as Mindig Homérosznak"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Velocity -- Faces -- Relating to sheltered places -- Relating to insanity -- Moving about in crowds -- Advisory -- Adapting to the terrain -- On the meaning of pursuit & murder -- Life -- Choosing an escape route -- Stations -- Value of earlier observations -- Faith -- Korčula -- Mljet -- Good, but not good enough -- Toward hope -- At Calypso's -- No.
Summary:
"In this thrilling chase narrative, a hunted being escapes certain death at breakneck speed-careening through Europe, heading blindly South. Faster and faster, escaping the assassins, our protagonist flies forward, blending into crowds, adjusting to terrains, hopping on and off ferries, always desperately trying to stay a step ahead of certain death: the past did not exist, only what was current existed-a prisoner of the instant, rushing into this instant, an instant that had no continuation ... Krasznahorkai-celebrated for the exhilarating energy of his prose-outdoes himself in Chasing Homer. And this unique collaboration boasts beautiful full-color paintings by Max Neumann and-reaching out of the book proper-the wildly percussive music of Szilveszter Miklós scored for each chapter (to be accessed by the reader via QR codes)"-- Provided by publisher.
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