{"product_id":"the-world-goes-on","title":"The World Goes On","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize 2018.\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe World Goes On,\u003c\/em\u003e 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.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2018\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Profile Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1788160126\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781788160124\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laszlo Krasznahorkai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50974297555210,"sku":"","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781788160124.jpg?v=1743433207","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-world-goes-on","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}