Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming

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Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming is a darkly comic, sprawling novel by Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai that follows the chaotic return of a disgraced aristocrat to his provincial hometown, showcasing the author’s signature dense prose and apocalyptic vision.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author László Krasznahorkai ⓘ
centralTheme corruption ⓘ
decay ⓘ
decline of provincial society ⓘ
existential despair ⓘ
illusion and disillusionment ⓘ
return and homecoming ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Hungary ⓘ
genre dark comedy ⓘ
novel ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
satirical fiction ⓘ
hasCharacterType aristocrat ⓘ
bureaucrats ⓘ
intellectuals ⓘ
provincial townspeople ⓘ
hasMotif apocalypse ⓘ
chaos ⓘ
memory ⓘ
return of the prodigal ⓘ
hasSubject collective delusion ⓘ
personal failure ⓘ
political decay ⓘ
provincial life ⓘ
social hypocrisy ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary Hungarian literature ⓘ
postmodernism ⓘ
literaryStyle dense prose ⓘ
long sentences ⓘ
stream-of-consciousness elements ⓘ
narrativeForm third-person narrative ⓘ
narrativeStructure multi-character perspective ⓘ
nonlinear elements ⓘ
narrativeTone apocalyptic ⓘ
darkly comic ⓘ
notableFor apocalyptic vision ⓘ
bleak humor ⓘ
complex sentence structure ⓘ
sprawling narrative ⓘ
originalLanguage Hungarian ⓘ
partOf László Krasznahorkai’s body of work ⓘ
protagonist disgraced aristocrat ⓘ
setting provincial Hungarian town ⓘ

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National Book Award for Translated Literature → notableWinner → Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming ⓘ
László Krasznahorkai → notableWork → Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming ⓘ