01985    a2200265   450000100060000000300090000600500170001500800410003202000250007304000130009804100080011108200200011910000440013924501190018326000360030230000300033850400520036852010270042065000320144765000340147970000400151394200080155399900170156195201410157811389IN-BhIIT20260319105047.0260316b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780857425331 (pbk.)  aIN-BhIIT  aeng  a894.5112bKRA/D  aKrasznahorkai ,  Laszlo eAuthor927226  aDestruction and sorrow beneath the heavens : breportage /c Laszlo Krasznahorkai and translated by Ottilie Mulzet  aLondon :bSeagull Books,c2018.  a287 p. :bill. ;c19 cm.   aIncludes bibliographical references. and index.  aThe 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.  aHungarian literature927592  aDescription and travel927593  aMulzet, Ottilie eTranslator927225  cGEN  c15332d15332  00102ddc40708GENaCLIITBBSbCLIITBBSd2026-02-05e22g524.25l0o894.5112 KRA/Dp11389r2026-02-05 00:00:00v699.00w2026-02-05yGEN