Winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize Beauty, in Laszlo
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 Translated by Ottilie Mulzet
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