In László Krasznahorkai’s literary universe, the apocalypse is never an unexpected irruption, but the fruit of a slow and inevitable decline. His books depict societies mired in chaos, communities that confuse manipulation with progress and drift towards ruin under their own inertia. Defined by Susan Sontag as a “master of the apocalypse,” Krasznahorkai’s unique perspective has earned him the Booker International Prize and the Prix Formentor and has made him an essential collaborator of the filmmaker Béla Tarr. 

To celebrate the publication of the first Catalan translation of work by this cult author of Central European literature (Tango satànic, Edicions del Cràter, 2025) and nearly 25 years of translations of his work into Spanish, published by Acantilado, László Krasznahorkai visits Kosmopolis for the first time to talk with the writer Miquel de Palol, who shares his taste for elaborate and exacting prose. A unique opportunity to explore the meaning of existence and our fascination with the promise of redemption, and to uncover what happens when the most radical writers’ creative universes expand into other disciplines.