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KRASZNAHORKAI LÁSZLÓ 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  Translated by Ottilie Mulzet

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