{"product_id":"the-world-goes-on-hardcover","title":"The World Goes on - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLászló Krasznahorkai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeorge Szirtes\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eOttilie Mulzet\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe World Goes On\u003c\/em\u003e, a narrator first speaks directly, then tells eleven unforgettable stories, and then bids farewell (\"for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me\"). As László Krasznahoraki himself explains: \"Each text is about drawing our attention away from this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselves in a current of thought or a narrative...\" A Hungarian interpreter obsessed with waterfalls, at the edge of the abyss in his own mind, wanders the chaotic streets of Shanghai. A traveler, reeling from the sights and sounds of Varanasi, encounters a giant of a man on the banks of the Ganges ranting on the nature of a single drop of water. A child laborer in a Portuguese marble quarry wanders off from work one day into a surreal realm utterly alien from his daily toils. \u003cem\u003eThe World Goes On\u003c\/em\u003e is another amazing masterpiece by the winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. \"The excitement of his writing,\" Adam Thirwell proclaimed in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \"is that he has come up with this own original forms--there is nothing else like it in contemporary literature.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757727318304,"sku":"9780811224192","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/476a340547115a9144ab4f038b37dfbd.webp?v=1780110246","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-world-goes-on-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}