01832 a2200253 4500 11389 IN-BhIIT 20260319105047.0 260316b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780857425331 (pbk.) IN-BhIIT eng 894.5112 KRA/D Krasznahorkai , Laszlo Author 27226 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. Hungarian literature 27592 Description and travel 27593 Mulzet, Ottilie Translator 27225 GEN 15332 15332 0 0 ddc 0 0 GEN CLIITBBS CLIITBBS 2026-02-05 22 524.25 0 894.5112 KRA/D 11389 2026-02-05 00:00:00 699.00 2026-02-05 GEN