Seiobo There Below by Laszlo Krasznahorkai [Paperback]
Seiobo There Below by Laszlo Krasznahorkai [Paperback]
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ISBN13: 978-17-81255-11-7
Paperback English book | Pages: 464
Literature, Fiction, and Philosophical Adults
Author: Laszlo Krasznahorkai Ottilie Mulzet | Published by: Hachette Book Group
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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025
Beauty, in Lรกszlรณ Krasznahorkai's new novel, reflects, however fleeting, the sacred - even if we are mostly unable to bear it.
Inย Seiobo There Belowย we see the Japanese goddess Seiobo returning to mortal realms in search of perfection. An ancient Buddha being restored; the Italian renaissance painter Perugino managing his workshop; a Japanese Noh actor rehearsing; a fanatic of Baroque music lecturing to a handful of old villagers; tourists intruding into the rituals of Japan's most sacred shrine; a heron as it gracefully hunts its prey. Told in chapters that sweep us across the world and through time, covering the furthest reaches of human experience, Krasznahorkai demands that we pause and ask ourselves these questions: What is sacred? How do we define beauty? What makes great art endure?
Melancholic and mesmerisingly beautiful, this latest novel by the author ofย Satantangoย shows us how to glimpse the divine through extraordinary art and human endeavour.
Winner of Best Translated Book of the Year Award 2014
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