László Krasznahorkai: Seiobo There Below

Bookworm

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4.5 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2014

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Do we have a need for a connection with heaven and hell? Krasznahorkai's novel is a valuation of human life seen from heaven and hell through the eyes of a Taoist goddess.

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0:00.0	Funds for Bookworm are provided in part by Lannin Foundation.
0:03.8	Boots!
0:09.0	Where would we be without boos?
0:12.8	Where would we be without good?
0:15.0	No, Timberd.
0:16.5	It's a rhetorical question, sir.
0:19.8	But where would we be without books?
0:23.6	From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Michael Silverblatt, and this is Bookworm.
0:30.6	Today, I'm truly excited. You know, the show has been on for 25 years, but as my teacher, Hugh Kenner,
0:42.8	used to say, any generation is lucky to have one truly great poet. And I think the average is
0:54.0	slightly better for novelists.
0:56.4	There's usually several great novelists at work in a given generation.
1:01.3	But one of them in ours is my guest, Lajlokrashna Horkai, who really I've come to New York
1:10.5	to talk to.
1:11.6	The new book, will you pronounce the name for me?
1:15.6	Sayobo.
1:16.6	Seobo there below.
1:20.6	I'm very, very moved by this book.
1:26.6	Apparently there is a goddess, a Japanese goddess, who is seeking,
1:34.9	who manifests herself below, that is to say, on earth, and there is a below, below, which is the
1:43.1	underworld. She is above, and she seeks and there is a blow below, which is the underworld,
1:54.1	she is above, and she seeks signs of her splendor among the human.
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