A Mountain to the North, A Lake to The South, Paths to the West, A River to the East

A Mountain to the North, A Lake to The South, Paths to the West, A River to the East

Softcover
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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025

The grandson of Prince Genji lives outside of space and time and wanders the grounds of an old monastery in Kyoto. The monastery, too, is timeless, with barely a trace of any human presence. The wanderer is searching for a garden that has long captivated him.

This novel by International Booker Prize winner László Krasznahorkai - perhaps his most serene and poetic work - describes a search for the unobtainable and the riches to be discovered along the way. Despite difficulties in finding the garden, the reader is closely introduced to the construction processes of the monastery as well as the geological and biological processes of the surrounding area, making this an unforgettable meditation on nature, life, history, and being.

Translated by Ottilie Mulzet

Book Information

Main Genre
Novels
Sub Genre
Contemporary
Format
Softcover
Pages
130
Price
13.00 €

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I only understood a quarter of this book but it was enough for me to know that it's a good book.

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