The Melt by Jason Diamond

The Melt by Jason Diamond

We Have Always Lived In The László Krasznahorkai Story

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Jason Diamond
Oct 10, 2025
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László Krasznahorkai won the Nobel for literature. Alex Shephard and Mark Krotov at the New Republic don’t think the Hungarian writer winning is “fun,” writing that the prize once had a “weird era” that “was also a reflection of the absurdity of the prize itself.” Their argument is that the prize has become predictable, and that all of the older writers…

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