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Dealing with Gao's trademark themes of relationships, family, the political scene in China and exploration of the self, these six stories are by turns moving, beautiful and thought-provoking.
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'When he writes of his experiences in the real world, Gao transcends cultural barriers. A good story will out in any language, and when Gao is good he is staggeringly so.' Daily Telegraph
'Brilliant and poetic, keen and original... Gao's ambition is to transcend the specifics of time and place, to write a meditation on literature itself and its ability to reveal the raging, brutal, brilliant beast that is mankind itself... [His work] burns with a powerfully individualistic fire of intelligence and depth of feeling... Unforgettable.' New York Times
Gao Xingjian was born in 1940 in Jiangxi province in eastern China, and has lived in France since 1987. Gao is considered an artistic innovator in his native China, both in the visual arts and in literature. He is that rare multi-talented artist who excels as a novelist, playwright, essayist, director and painter. Two novels, the internationally best-selling Soul Mountain and One Man's Bible, are available in English from Flamingo, as well as a volume of his art entitled Return to Painting.
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Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 172 pages. Cover worn. A collection of six unforgettable stor ies from Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian. Dealing with Gao's trademar k themes of relationships, family, the political scene in China a nd exploration of the self, these stories are by turns moving, be autiful and thought-provoking. With the exception of 'In an Insta nt', all the stories were written in China in the early 1980s and published in Chinese in a collection called Gei wo laoye mai yug an (Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather) by Lianhe Press in t aipei 1989. 'In an Instant' was written in Paris in October 1990 but not published until 1996 in the collection Zhoumo sichongzhou , after Soul Mountain had been published in early 1990. this is t he perfect first taste of the work of Gao Xingjian - short, sweet and highly accessible - something for those who have heard about the author but are unsure where to start. Seller Inventory # 1387o
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Book Description PAPERBACK. Condition: Good. 0732278856 Softcover with pictorial card covers, 172 pages; some light cover wear, slightly yellowed page edges and a few dog-eared pages; binding good. 0.0. Seller Inventory # SKUASH114
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