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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | László Krasznahorkai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
corruption
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decay ⓘ decline of provincial society ⓘ existential despair ⓘ illusion and disillusionment ⓘ return and homecoming ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
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novel ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ satirical fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
aristocrat
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bureaucrats ⓘ intellectuals ⓘ provincial townspeople ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
apocalypse
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chaos ⓘ memory ⓘ return of the prodigal ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
collective delusion
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personal failure ⓘ political decay ⓘ provincial life ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
contemporary Hungarian literature
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postmodernism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
dense prose
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long sentences ⓘ stream-of-consciousness elements ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure |
multi-character perspective
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nonlinear elements ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
apocalyptic
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darkly comic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
apocalyptic vision
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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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