“The best [monograph] ever made about me.” — László Krasznahorkai
“A celebration of Krasznahorkai’s apocalyptic world, one the issue begs you to further explore.” — The Paris Review
“A feast! Highly recommended!” — The Millions
A global celebration of three of the most dynamic and starkly original artists working today
Music & Literature’s second issue features new literature on and by László Krasznahorkai, Béla Tarr, and Max Neumann. This special volume presents, for the first time in English, an extensive selection of newly translated fiction spanning Krasznahorkai’s 28-year career alongside an array of new appreciations and essays on his work by top critics and artists from around the world; a portfolio of photographs by cinematographer Gábor Medvigy, taken on-set while filming Tarr’s masterpiece Sátántangó; and 24 new paintings by renowned German artist Max Neumann, who previously collaborated with Krasznahorkai on the chapbook Animalinside (New Directions Books & Sylph Editions, 2010). An essential volume for the aficionado and the casual fan alike, Issue Two brings together an international community for a hearty nod to three of our finest living artists.
Guest Curator: Daniel Medin
CONTENTS
Introduction / Jennifer Szalai
The Jerusalem Address / László Krasznahorkai, trans. Ottilie Mulzet
The Last Boat / László Krasznahorkai, trans. George Szirtes
About a Photographer / László Krasznahorkai, trans. George Szirtes
Photographs from the Filming of Sátántangó / Gábor Medvigy
At the Latest in Turin / László Krasznahorkai, trans. George Szirtes
Sukhumi, 1996 / Lenke Szilágyi
The Sukhum Photos / László Krasznahorkai, trans. George Szirtes
Retreat beneath the Earth! / László Krasznahorkai with Noémi Aponyi and Tibor Sennyey Weiner, trans. Ottilie Mulzet
Ze’ami Is Leaving (an excerpt from Seiobo There Below) / László Krasznahorkai, trans. Ottilie Mulzet
The Acropolis in Sunglasses / László Krasznahorkai with Péter Szivák, trans. Ottilie Mulzet
Commission for Evil / László Krasznahorkai with Péter Eötvös, trans. Ottilie Mulzet
The Liptószentmiklós Address / László Krasznahorkai, trans. Ottilie Mulzet
Twenty-four Recent Works / Max Neumann
Foreign Laughter : Foreign Music / George Szirtes
An Interview with Ottilie Mulzet / Veronica Scott Esposito
Sátántangó (Film and Novel) as Faulknerian Reverie / Jonathan Rosenbaum
Krasznahorkai’s Pilgrimages / Paul Kerschen
The Pythagorean Comma and the Howl of the Wolf / David Auerbach
The Universal Labyrinth / Justin Beplate
Toward Authority / VeronicaScott Esposito
A Conspiracy of Details / Antonio Werli, trans. Louise Rogers Lalaurie
About Gods Bereft of Their World / Sándor Radnóti, trans. Ivan Sanders
The Necessary Obstacle / Sergio Chejfec, trans. Margaret B. Carson
Pneumatic Neumann: Inside the Anim / Dan Gunn