László Krasznahorkai, Ottilie Mulzet - Seiobo There Below (epub) {PleX} [BЯ]

Summary


Seiobo -- a Japanese goddess -- has a peach tree in her garden that blossoms once every three thousand years: its fruit brings immortality. In Seiobo There Below, we see her returning again and again to mortal realms, searching for a glimpse of perfection. Beauty, in Krasznahorkai's new novel, reflects, however fleetingly, the sacred -- even if we are mostly unable to bear it. Seiobo shows us an ancient Buddha being restored; Perugino managing his workshop; a Japanese Noh actor rehearsing; a fanatic of Baroque music lecturing a handful of old villagers; tourists intruding into the rituals of Japan's most sacred shrine; a heron hunting.... Over these scenes and more -- structured by the Fibonacci sequence -- Seiobo hovers, watching it all.



Title: Seiobo There Below


Author(s): László Krasznahorkai, Ottilie Mulzet


Published September 24th 2013 by New Directions Publishing Corporation (first published January 1st 2008)


Language: English


Length: Paperback, 451 pages


Goodreads Rating : 4.45/5 (273 ratings)








Awards: Best Translated Book Award for Fiction (2014)