{"product_id":"the-world-goes-on-1","title":"The World Goes On","description":"\u003cp class=\"product-keynote\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new masterpiece from Europe's leading literary genius.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-keynote\"\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\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World Goes On\u003c\/i\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 Laszlo 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...'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48718036762938,"sku":"9781788160124","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0868\/6449\/4906\/files\/9781788160124.jpg?v=1785909125","url":"https:\/\/titlemusicfilmbooks.com\/products\/the-world-goes-on-1","provider":"TITLE ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}