László Krasznahorkai’s Catastrophic Harmonies

The winner of the National Book Award for Translated Literature serves up an apocalyptic vision of Hungarian society.

A Country for Old Men

Xenophobia, antipolitics, and the crisis of liberalism in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary.

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