A review by crm_
Seiobo There Below by László Krasznahorkai

5.0

Oh my. The nuanced verse (how'd this get translated anyhow?) that flows through complex chapters brings us glimpses of artistic brilliance and is like nothing I've ever experienced; I have comprehended a sense, not a whole, of the creative inspiration of which I have been unaware. Dark and melancholy, fatalistic and beautiful, Seibo There Below seems to be a book that shouldn't be possible to author. I don't pretend to have understood much of the book's references to oriental, Greek and other cultural, geographical and religious themes, events, and motifs (Laszlo, how do you know all these things?), and there is an awful lot to try and understand and fathom; but truthfully, even without full understanding one gets swept up in the current and delivered to a new place of understanding and appreciation.