Destruction and sorrow beneath the heavens : reportage /
Krasznahorkai , Laszlo
Destruction and sorrow beneath the heavens : reportage / Laszlo Krasznahorkai and translated by Ottilie Mulzet - London : Seagull Books, 2018. - 287 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Includes bibliographical references. and index.
The only nonfiction work by Krasznahorkai available in English, a bracing account of traveling through China at the turn of the twenty-first century.
Known for his brilliantly dark fictional visions, László Krasznahorkai is one of the most respected European writers of his generation. Here, he brings us on a journey through China at the dawn of the twenty-first century. On the precipice of its emergence as a global power, China is experiencing cataclysms of modernity as its harsh Maoist strictures meet the chaotic flux of globalization. What remains of the Middle Kingdom’s ancient cultural riches? And can a Westerner truly understand China’s past and present—or the murky waters where the two meet?
Destruction and Sorrow beneath the Heavens is both a travel memoir and the chronicle of a distinct intellectual shift as one of the most captivating contemporary writers and thinkers begins to engage with the cultures of Asia and the legacies of its interactions with Europe in a newly globalized society.
9780857425331 (pbk.)
Hungarian literature
Description and travel
894.5112 / KRA/D
Destruction and sorrow beneath the heavens : reportage / Laszlo Krasznahorkai and translated by Ottilie Mulzet - London : Seagull Books, 2018. - 287 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Includes bibliographical references. and index.
The only nonfiction work by Krasznahorkai available in English, a bracing account of traveling through China at the turn of the twenty-first century.
Known for his brilliantly dark fictional visions, László Krasznahorkai is one of the most respected European writers of his generation. Here, he brings us on a journey through China at the dawn of the twenty-first century. On the precipice of its emergence as a global power, China is experiencing cataclysms of modernity as its harsh Maoist strictures meet the chaotic flux of globalization. What remains of the Middle Kingdom’s ancient cultural riches? And can a Westerner truly understand China’s past and present—or the murky waters where the two meet?
Destruction and Sorrow beneath the Heavens is both a travel memoir and the chronicle of a distinct intellectual shift as one of the most captivating contemporary writers and thinkers begins to engage with the cultures of Asia and the legacies of its interactions with Europe in a newly globalized society.
9780857425331 (pbk.)
Hungarian literature
Description and travel
894.5112 / KRA/D