Seiobo There Below
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- ISBN13 9781781255117
- ISBN10 1781255113
- Type Book
- Published 2016
- Language English
- Bookbinding Paperback
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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 ofSatantango shows us how to glimpse the divine through extraordinary art and human endeavour.
- Publisher PROFILE BOOKS LTD
- ISBN13 9781781255117
- ISBN10 1781255113
- Type Book
- Published 2016
- Language English
- Bookbinding Paperback