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

Resumen del libro

An exquisitely beautiful novel from one of the world's greatest living writers - now in paperback 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 Laszlo Krasznahorkai perhaps his most serene and poetic work - describes a search for the unobtainable and the riches to be discovered along the way. An unforgettable meditation on nature, life, history and being.

Biografía del autor

László Krasznahorkai (nascut el 5 de gener de 1954 a Hongria) és un escriptor hongarès reconegut per les seves novel-les denses, filosòfiques i apocalíptiques. La seva prosa es caracteritza per llargues frases hipnòtiques i una atmosfera inquietant. Va guanyar el Premi Man Booker Internacional el 2015 pel conjunt de la seva obra. Entre els seus llibres més coneguts hi ha Sátántangó (1985), que Béla Tarr va adaptar al cinema, i La melancolia de la resistència (1989). La seva obra sovint explora la decadència, lx{0026} x02019;absurd i el col-lapse de la civilització.