The World Goes On
Author: Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Ottilie Mulzet, George Szirtes, John Batki, & 2 More
ISBN: 978-1788160124
Price: Rs. 664.05 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
Shortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize 2018 A Hungarian interpreter obsessed with waterfalls, at the edge of the abyss in his own mind, wanders the chaotic streets of Shanghai. A traveller, 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 labourer in a Portuguese marble quarry wanders off from work one day into a surreal realm utterly alien from his daily toils. In The World Goes On, a narrator first speaks directly, tells twenty-one unforgettable stories, then bids farewell ('for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me'). As László Krasznahorkai 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...' The World Goes On is another masterpiece by the winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. 'The excitement of his writing,' Adam Thirlwell proclaimed in the New York Review of Books, 'is that he has come up with his own original forms-there is nothing else like it in contemporary literature.' Read more
Browse this title within our Children's Books collection. Edition details: Images in this review, English, 320 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-1788160124.
About the Author
László Krasznahorkai was born in Gyula, Hungary, in 1954. He is the author of The Last Wolf, War and War, The Melancholy of Resistance, Seiobo There Below, all published by Serpent's Tail, and several other works. He has won numerous prizes, including the International Man Booker Prize 2015, 2013 Best Translated Book Award, and 1993 Best Book of the Year Award in Germany.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- Ages 6–10 / Early Readers
- Language & Format
- English • Images in this review
- ISBN Reference
- 978-1788160124
- Publisher
- Tuskar Rock
- Pan-India Delivery
- Dispatches in 24–48 Hours across India
What is this book about?
Shortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize 2018 A Hungarian interpreter obsessed with waterfalls, at the edge of the abyss in his own mind, wanders the chaotic streets of Shanghai. A traveller, reeling from the sights and sounds of Varanasi, encounters a giant of a man on the banks of the...
Who should read this book?
Ideal for young readers, parents, and elementary school students looking for an engaging, humor-filled adventure that builds reading confidence and vocabulary.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll love this if you enjoy fiction that lingers long after the final page. Each story draws you into a different corner of the world, only to quietly unsettle your sense of reality and meaning. Krasznahorkai’s hypnotic prose invites you to slow down, reflect, and surrender to big, unsettling questions about existence, time, and disappearance. It’s demanding, yes—but deeply rewarding, especially when you want literature that challenges and transforms the way you think.
- Published by Tuskar Rock.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 320.
Catalog Description
Shortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize 2018 A Hungarian interpreter obsessed with waterfalls, at the edge of the abyss in his own mind, wanders the chaotic streets of Shanghai. A traveller, 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 labourer in a Portuguese marble quarry wanders off from work one day into a surreal realm utterly alien from his daily toils. In The World Goes On, a narrator first speaks directly, tells twenty-one unforgettable stories, then bids farewell ('for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me'). As...
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