{"title":"Seagull Books","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"destruction-and-sorrow-beneath-the-heavens-laszlo-krasznahorkai","title":"Destruction and Sorrow beneath the Heavens [László Krasznahorkai]","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe only nonfiction work by Krasznahorkai available in English, a bracing account of traveling through China at the turn of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eKnown for his brilliantly dark fictional visions, László Krasznahorkai is one of the most respected European writers of his generation. Here, he brings us on a journey through China at the dawn of the twenty-first century. On the precipice of its emergence as a global power, China is experiencing cataclysms of modernity as its harsh Maoist strictures meet the chaotic flux of globalization. What remains of the Middle Kingdom’s ancient cultural riches? And can a Westerner truly understand China’s past and present—or the murky waters where the two meet?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDestruction and Sorrow beneath the Heavens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis both a travel memoir and the chronicle of a distinct intellectual shift as one of the most captivating contemporary writers and thinkers begins to engage with the cultures of Asia and the legacies of its interactions with Europe in a newly globalized society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42608576004209,"sku":"SEAGB-9780857425331","price":449.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0610\/5409\/1377\/files\/LaszloKrasznahorkai_Destructiona.jpg?v=1760270957"}],"url":"https:\/\/boitoi.in\/collections\/seagull-books.oembed","provider":"Boitoi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}