[TheAceOfHearts]

I've never heard of them. Does anyone have a top suggestion for checking out his works or standout book? And for those of you that have read him, what did you get out the experience? Should I just read Satantango?

[giraffe_lady]

Satantango or the melancholy of resistance are good places to start. His books aren't all the same but there are some qualities they all share.

They're intricate, reference-heavy, postmodern novels with a lot of the emotional intensity purposely occulted behind the prose style. If you like Gass or Sebald you'll have fun.

[wahnfrieden]

His recent works are also incredible and very different from the early works. Try Seiobo There Below.

You can also appreciate him through his screenplay work on Bela Tarr's movies.

[giraffe_lady]

Oh good to know, I actually haven't read anything of his since war and war. Not for any particular reason, just there are a lot of books.

[wahnfrieden]

I also recommend the illustrated novella AnimalInside but you'll need to find a PDF, just found out only 2000 were printed and my copy goes for $300 now :0

Do you have a GoodReads that you'd share?

[jaccarmac]

I've loved all of the work I've read except Satantango, so if you bounce of that novel I would recommend the rest. That said, I started with the short story collection The World Goes On and thought it was brilliant.