His entry begins:
I just finished Satantango, Laszlo Krasznahorkai’s first, frightening, and comic novel about hopeless life in Soviet-controlled Hungary, but really about hopeless life everywhere. It’s a dense, numbed, enchantment that takes place in a constant downpour and is equal, in its way, to Beckett’s equally glum and humorous scenarios of paralyzed figures on empty stages.About Parsifal, from the publisher:
The second book I’m reading, and continuing to read, is...[read on]
There's a war going on between the earth and the sky, but that doesn’t stop Parsifal, a humble fountain-pen repairman, fromRead more about Jim Krusoe's Parsifal at the Tin House Books website.revisiting the forest where he was raised. On his journey, Parsifal—a wise fool if there ever was one—encounters several librarians, a therapist, numerous blind people, and Misty, a beautiful woman who may well be under the influence of recreational drugs.
Head-spinning and hilarious, Parsifal is a book like no other about the entanglement of the past and present, as well as the limitations of the future.
The Page 69 Test: Girl Factory.
The Page 69 Test: Erased.
The Page 69 Test: Toward You.
Writers Read: Jim Krusoe (April 2011).
The Page 69 Test: Parsifal.
Writers Read: Jim Krusoe.
--Marshal Zeringue
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