{"product_id":"seiobo-there-below","title":"Seiobo There Below","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the 2015 Man Booker International Prize Beauty, in László\u003cbr\u003eKrasznahorkai's new novel, reflects, however fleeting, the sacred - even if\u003cbr\u003ewe are mostly unable to bear it. In Seiobo There Below we see the Japanese\u003cbr\u003egoddess Seiobo returning to mortal realms in search of perfection. An\u003cbr\u003eancient Buddha being restored; the Italian renaissance painter Perugino\u003cbr\u003emanaging his workshop; a Japanese Noh actor rehearsing; a fanatic of\u003cbr\u003eBaroque music lecturing to a handful of old villagers; tourists intruding\u003cbr\u003einto the rituals of Japan's most sacred shrine; a heron as it gracefully\u003cbr\u003ehunts its prey. Told in chapters that sweep us across the world and through\u003cbr\u003etime, covering the furthest reaches of human experience, Krasznahorkai\u003cbr\u003edemands that we pause and ask ourselves these questions: What is sacred?\u003cbr\u003eHow do we define beauty? What makes great art endure? Melancholic and\u003cbr\u003emesmerisingly beautiful, this latest novel by the author of Satantango\u003cbr\u003eshows us how to glimpse the divine through extraordinary art and human\u003cbr\u003eendeavour. Winner of Best Translated Book of the Year Award 2014 Translated\u003cbr\u003eby Ottilie Mulzet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Laszlo Krasznahorkai\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Tuskar Rock Press\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 2015\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thryft Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":44370602426649,"sku":"X17628","price":23.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":44370602459417,"sku":"X17628","price":18.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":44370602492185,"sku":"X17628","price":17.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Well Read","offer_id":44370602524953,"sku":"X17628","price":15.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0110\/0598\/4849\/products\/content_7b060299-9453-4c80-9f7d-b56f6121633f.png?v=1717737663","url":"https:\/\/thryft.my\/products\/seiobo-there-below","provider":"Thryft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}