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

by L Krasznahorkai

A search through a timeless Kyoto monastery

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    2025 Nobel Prize winner

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A search through a timeless Kyoto monastery

Set apart from ordinary time, the grandson of Prince Genji wanders an old monastery in Kyoto in search of a garden he can picture but cannot reach. The monastery’s near-absence of human life gives the description a contemplative frame, while the garden becomes the focus of the wanderer’s persistent quest. The supplied description offers a spare premise rather than a fuller account of the novel’s structure, so the note rests on its stated setting and central search.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in literary fiction connected to Kyoto and Japanese cultural settings.
  • Readers drawn to novels organized around a solitary search and a contemplative setting.

Themes

Quest and longingTime and timelessnessGardens and imagined placesSolitude

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Book overview

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 by National Book Award-winner L
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