A Mountain to the North, A Lake to The South, Paths to the West, A River to the East

A Mountain to the North, A Lake to The South, Paths to the West, A River to the EastThe 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, with barely a trace of any human presence. The wanderer is searching for a garden that has long captivated him. This novel by International Booker Prize winner Lszl Krasznahorkaiperhaps his most serene and poetic workdescribes a search for the unobtainable and the riches to be discovered along the way.