{"product_id":"baron","title":"Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming by Lásiló Krasznahorkai","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWINNER OF THE 2025 NOBEL PRIZE \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the 2019 National Book Award for translated literature and the capstone to Krasznahorkai's four-part masterwork. \"Krasznahorkai’s masterpiece\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); \"Apocalyptic, visionary, and mad\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); \"One of the supreme achievements of contemporary literature\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eParis Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); \"Obsessive and visionary\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); \"Genius\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in contemporary times, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBaron Wenckheim’s Homecoming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells the story of a Prince Myshkin–like figure, Baron Béla Wenckheim, who returns at the end of his life to his provincial Hungarian hometown. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he longs to be reunited with his high-school sweetheart Marika. Confusions abound, and 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 attempts to immunize himself from thought. Spectacular actions are staged as death and the abyss loom over the unsuspecting townfolk.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation2","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46777924485286,"sku":"9780811226646","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4637\/7638\/files\/IMG-1517.jpg?v=1761334824","url":"https:\/\/woollybearbooks.com\/products\/baron","provider":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}