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100			_aKrasznahorkai , Laszlo _eAuthor _927226
245			_aDestruction and sorrow beneath the heavens : _breportage / _c Laszlo Krasznahorkai and translated by Ottilie Mulzet
260			_aLondon : _bSeagull Books, _c2018.
300			_a287 p. : _bill. ; _c19 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references. and index.
520			_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.
650			_aHungarian literature _927592
650			_aDescription and travel _927593
700			_aMulzet, Ottilie _eTranslator _927225
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