2016/02/24

Soul Mountain- Gao Xingjian

Gao Xingjian- Soul Mountain


Short Review:

In 1983, Chinese playwright, critic, fiction writer, and painter Gao Xingjian was diagnosed with lung cancer and faced imminent death.But six weeks later, a second examination revealed there was no cancer—he had won "a second reprieve from death.
" Faced with a repressive cultural environment and the threat of a spell in a prison farm, Gao fled Beijing and began a journey of 15,000 kilometers into the remote mountains and ancient forests of Sichuan in southwest China. The result of this epic voyage of discovery is Soul Mountain.
Bold, lyrical, and prodigious, Soul Moutain probes the human soul with an uncommon directness and candor and delights in the freedom of the imagination to expand the notion of the individual self
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About The Author:
Gao Xingjian : born January 4, 1940) is a Chinese émigré novelist, playwright, and critic who in 2000 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature ..., screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter. In 1998, Gao was granted French citizenship.
Gao's drama is considered to be fundamentally absurdist in nature and avant-garde in his native China. His prose works tend to be less celebrated in China but are highly regarded elsewhere in Europe and the West.

Product Details
  • Paperback: 510 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial; 1 Reprint edition (October 23, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060936231
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060936235
  • Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 1.2 x 8 inches
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