Name: Seiobo There Below
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Author: László Krasznahorkai
ISBN: 9781781255117

Type

Physical Book

Author

László Krasznahorkai

Publisher

Profile Books

Year

2016

Language

English

Pages

464

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19 x 14 cm

ISBN13

9781781255117

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Synopsis "Seiobo There Below"

Winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize

Beauty, in László Krasznahorkai's new novel, reflects, however fleeting, the sacred - even if we are mostly unable to bear it.

In Seiobo There Below 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 of Satantango shows us how to glimpse the divine through extraordinary art and human endeavour.

Winner of Best Translated Book of the Year Award 2014

László Krasznahorkai

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László Krasznahorkai (Gyula, Hungría, 1954) recorrió durante años el país después de estudiar en Budapest y ejerció diversas profesiones en pueblos y ciudades de provincias. Acantilado ha publicado Melancolía de la resistencia (2001)—con la que se presentó a los lectores en lengua española—, Al Norte la montaña, al Sur el lago, al Oeste el camino, al Este el río (2005), Guerra y guerra (2009), Ha llegado Isaías (2009), Y Seiobo descendió a la Tierra (2015), Tango satánico (2017), Relaciones misericordiosas (2023) y El barón Wenckheim vuelve a casa (2024). Varias de sus obras han sido llevadas al cine. En 2004 recibió del Gobierno húngaro el Premio Kossuth, uno de los más prestigiosos de su país, por el conjunto de su obra; en 2015, el Man Booker International; en 2021, el Premio Austríaco de Literatura Europea, y en 2024, el Premio Formentor de las Letras.

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