| Edition |
New Direction Paperbook 1547. |
| Description |
130 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note(S) |
On the cover the author's name and the title is broken down into sections "A mountain / to the North, /a lake / to the South, / paths /to the West, / a river / to the East" all intersecting to make a compass shape. |
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"Originally published in Hungarian as Északról hegy, délről tó, nyugatról utak, keletről folyó, by Magveto Kiado, Budapest. [©2003]" -- title verso page. |
| Summary |
"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: a place of prayer and deliverance, with barely a trace of any human presence. The wanderer is searching for a garden that has long captivated him: "he continu- ally saw the garden in his mind's eye without being able to touch its existence." This exquisitely beautiful novel by National Book Award-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 the difficulties in finding the garden, the reader is closely introduced to the construction processes of the monastery (described in poetic detail) as well as the geological and biological processes of the surrounding area (the underground layers revealed beneath a bed of moss, the travels of cypress- tree seeds on the wind, feral foxes and stray dogs meandering outside the monastery's walls), making this an unforgettable meditation on nature, life, history, and being" -- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Translated from the Hungarian. |
| Subject(S) |
Monasteries -- Fiction.
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Patience -- Fiction.
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Peace of mind -- Fiction.
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Wealth -- Fiction.
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Kyoto (Japan) -- Fiction.
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Fiction.
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| Added Name(S) |
Mulzet, Ottilie, translator.
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| Added Title |
Északról hegy, délről tó, nyugatról utak, keletről folyó. English.
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| ISBN |
9780811234481 (ebook) |
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9780811234474 (paperback) |
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0811234479 (paperback) |
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