Destruction and sorrow beneath the heavens
Subtitle: reportage
By: Laszlo Krasznahorkai ; translated by Ottilie Mulzet
Contributors: Mulzet, Ottilie, translator; Krasznahorkai, László
Publisher: Seagull Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Translated from: hun
Translation of: Rombolás és bánat az ég alatt
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780857423115
Subjects: Description and travel; History
Work titles: Rombolás és bánat az Ég alatt
Description: 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. Rendered in English by award-winning translator Ottilie Mulzet, Destruction and Sorrow beneath the Heavens is an important work, marking the emergence of Krasznahorkai as a truly global novelist.-- amazon.com
Notes: "Originally published in Hungarian as Rombolas es banat az eg alatt in 2004 by Magveto, Budapest"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction into an obscurity; title: Two pilgrims; title: As if they were anxious; title: The end, but of what? Tang Xiaodu; title: The great journey: The first steps; title: Yao, why are you lying?; title: In the captivity of tourism; title: Requiem in Hangzhou; title: If forgotten, it will be saved; title: Redemption omitted; title: The invisibile library; title: The empty throne; title: Conversation on the ruins: Today it's over, but that didn't start just now; title: Of course, it's the end; title: The end? Oh yeah, business; title: Mama; title: The last Mandarin; title: A dream in the courtyard of the Guangji Si; title: In Suzhou, not at all in Suzhou: The road that leads there, 1; title: The road that leads there, 2; title: The road that leads there, 3; title: The spirit of China; title: What remains: the end; title: Notes; title: Acknowledgements