A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East
Original title: Északról hegy, délről tó, nyugatról hegyek, keletről folyó
Translated by Veronika Gergely first published 2003 Rinoceronte Editora, 2014 paperback 152 pages
Contemporánea — book 55
The grandson of Prince Genji lives outside of space and time and wanders the grounds of an old monastery in Kyoto. The monastery, too, is timeless: a place of prayer and deliverance, with barely a trace of any human presence. The wanderer is searching for a garden that has long captivated him: “he continually saw the garden in his mind’s eye without being able to touch its existence.” This exquisitely beautiful novel...
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