"In this thrilling chase narrative, a hunted being escapes certain death at breakneck speed-careening through Europe, heading blindly South. Faster and faster, escaping the assassins, our protagonist flies forward, blending into crowds, adjusting to terrains, hopping on and off ferries, always desperately trying to stay a step ahead of certain death: the past did not exist, only what was current existed-a prisoner of the instant, rushing into this instant, an instant that had no continuation ... Krasznahorkai-celebrated for the exhilarating energy of his prose-outdoes himself in Chasing Homer. And this unique collaboration boasts beautiful full-color paintings by Max Neumann and-reaching out of the book proper-the wildly percussive music of Szilveszter Miklós scored for each chapter (to be accessed by the reader via QR codes)"-- In this thriller, a hunted being escapes certain death at breakneck speed -- careening through Europe, heading blindly south. Faster and faster, escaping the assassins, our protagonist flies forward, blending into the crowds, adjusting to the terrains, hopping on and off ferries, always desperately trying to stay a step ahead: I am a prisoner of the instant, and I rush into this instant, an instant that has no continuation, just as it has no earlier version, and I have to tell myself --if I had the time to think about this between two instants -- that I have no need for either past or future because neither one exists. But in fact, I have no time between two instants. Since there's no such thing as two instants. -- from the book jacket. Provided by publisher.

"A New Directions book." "Originally published in Hungarian by Magvető as Mindig Homérosznak"--Title page verso.

Velocity -- Faces -- Relating to sheltered places -- Relating to insanity -- Moving about in crowds -- Advisory -- Adapting to the terrain -- On the meaning of pursuit & murder -- Life -- Choosing an escape route -- Stations -- Value of earlier observations -- Faith -- Korčula -- Mljet -- Good, but not good enough -- Toward hope -- At Calypso's -- No.