Seiobo There Below (Paperback)

Seiobo - a Japanese goddess - has a peach tree in her garden that blossoms once every three thousand years: its fruit brings immortality. In Seiobo There Below, we see her returning again and again to mortal realms, searching for a glimpse of perfection. Beauty, in Krasznahorkai's new novel, reflects, however fleetingly, the sacred - even if we are mostly unable to bear it. Seiobo shows us an ancient Buddha being restored; Perugino managing his workshop; a Japanese Noh actor rehearsing; a fanatic of Baroque music lecturing a handful of old villagers; tourists intruding into the rituals of Japan's most sacred shrine; a heron hunting.. Over these scenes and nine more - structured by the Fibonacci sequence - Seiobo hovers, watching it all.

General

Imprint:	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2013
First published:	September 2013
Authors:	Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Translators:	Ottilie Mulzet
Dimensions:	203 x 137 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Cloth over boards
Pages:	451
ISBN-13:	978-0-8112-1967-9
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-8112-1967-4
Barcode:	9780811219679

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