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1	Soul Mountain more books like this by Professor Gao Xingjian, Mabel Lee (Translator) add to wishlist Venerable Daoist masters, Buddhist nuns, mythical Wild Men, and deadly Qichun snakes populate this bold, lyrical novel, an extraordinary work of profound beauty by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2000. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Other Shore: Plays by Gao Xingjian more books like this by Xingjian Gao, Professor Gao Xingjian (Screenwriter), C F Fong (Translator) add to wishlist Gao Xingjian, recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature, lists European avant-garde drama among his influences, which can be felt in the plays collected in this volume. THE OTHER SHORE (1986), BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH (1991), DIALOGUE AND REBUTTAL (1992), NOCTURNAL WANDERER (1993), and WEEKEND QUARTET (1995), presented here in English ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	One Man's Bible more books like this by Professor Gao Xingjian, Mabel Lee (Translator) add to wishlist The Chinese Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian's 1997 novel is about a man who, after a golden childhood, becomes involved in resistance to Mao's Cultural Revolution. Besides telling the story of the unnamed narrator's rebel activities, the novel provides a panoramic view of China and its many upheavals through the 20th century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather: Stories more books like this by Gao Xingjian, Xingjian Gao add to wishlist These six stories by Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian transport the reader to moments where the fragility of love and life, and the haunting power of memory, are beautifully unveiled. In "The Temple," the narrator's acute and mysterious anxiety overshadows the delirious happiness of an outing with his new wife on their honeymoon. In "The Cramp," a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
5	Return to Painting more books like this by Professor Gao Xingjian, Xingjian Gao, Nadia Benabid (Translator) add to wishlist Presents a collection of more than one hundred of the author's paintings, created from India ink on rice paper, that span his artistic career from the 1960s to the present day. see all copies from $14.59! new only from $81.84! \| first editions
6	The Case for Literature more books like this by Xingjian Gao, Mabel Lee (Translator) add to wishlist When Gao Xingjian was crowned Nobel Laureate in 2000, it was the first time in the hundred-year history of the Nobel Prize that this honor had been awarded to an author for a body of work written in Chinese. The same year, American readers embraced Mabel Lee's translation of Gao's lyrical and autobiographical novel "Soul Mountain," making it a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.45! \| SVS
7	Soul mountain more books like this by Xingjian Gao add to wishlist Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2000. Part travel diary, part philosophy, part love story, 'Soul Mountain' is an elegant, unforgettable novel that journeys deep into the heart of modern-day China. In 1982 Chinese playwright, novelist and artist Gao Xingjian was diagnosed with lung cancer, the very disease that had killed his father. For ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.33! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather more books like this by Gao Xingjian, Mabel Lee (Translator) add to wishlist From the Nobel Prize winning, bestselling author of "Soul Mountain" and "One Man's Bible" comes an intimate, spare collection of six short stories. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Snow in August: Play by Gao Xingjian more books like this by Gao Xingjian, Gao Xingjian, Professor Gilbert C F Fong (Translator) add to wishlist This work, a grand opera combining Chinese and Western operatic techniques, is based on the life of the legendary Huineng (AD 633-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism in Tang Dynasty China. It chronicles the rise and fall of Zen Buddhism across a span of 250 years. see all copies from $7.44! new only from $17.94! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Snow in August: Play by Gao Xingjian more books like this by Professor Gao Xingjian, Professor Gilbert C F Fong (Translator) add to wishlist From Gao Xingjian, a winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature, comes a "major drama about life." "Snow in August" is based on the life of Huineng (AD 633-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism in Tang Dynasty China. Packed with the myriad sights and sounds of both the Eastern and Western theatrical traditions, the play exudes wonder and ... see all copies from $4.88! new only from $9.79! \| SVS
11 view cover	Cold Literature: Selected Works by Gao Xingjian more books like this by Gao Xingjian, Professor Gilbert C F Fong (Translator), Mabel Lee (Translator) add to wishlist Gao Xingjian is the first Chinese Nobel Laureate in Literature. The Swedish Academy summarized his achievements as follows: "An oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chines novel and drama." The collection, which aims to present the diversity of Gao's literary talents, contains ... see all copies from $25.95! new only from $40.41!
12 view cover	Of Mountains and Seas: A Tragicomedy of the Gods in Three Acts more books like this by Gao Xingjian, Professor Gilbert C F Fong (Translator) add to wishlist "Of Mountains and Seas" is one of the most spirited and fun-filled plays written by Gao Xingjian. Based on the ancient text "The Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhai jing)", the play re-enacts the classical world of Chinese mythology, traversing the creation of humans to the beginning of Chinese dynastic history. It is a world of magical powers ... see all copies from $25.16! new only from $27.95! \| SVS
13 view cover	Ink Paintings by Gao Xingjian: The Nobel Prize Winner more books like this by Gao Xingjian add to wishlist This collection of over 60 ink paintings by Gao Xingjian represents his philosophy and painting style. Gao believes that the world cannot be explained and that artistic creation offers the only way to escape into meaning. The images convey these aspects of an inexplicable world -- the black-and-white inner world that underlies the complexity of ... see all copies from $30.00! new only from $52.81!
14 view cover	Escape & the Man Who Questions Death by Gao Xingjian, Professor Gilbert C F Fong (Translator) add to wishlist This collection contains two plays by Gao Xingjian, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2000. "Escape" was written in 1989 in the wake of the June 4 Student Movement in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. With the publication of the play, Gao was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party, dismissed from his state appointment and his house in Beijing ... see all copies from $30.00! new only from $30.00! \| SVS
15 view cover	El Libro de Un Hombre Solo more books like this by Gao Xingjian add to wishlist ...Has escrito este libro para ti, un libro sobre la huida, el libro de un hombre solo. Eres a la vez tu Senor y tu apostol, no te sacrificas por losdemas y no pides que nadie se sacrifique por ti, no puede ser mas justo. Todo el mundo desea la felicidad, por que solo habria de pertenecerte a ti? Dehecho, la felicidad es bastante rara en este ... see all copies from $11.11! new only from $11.77! \| SVS
16 view cover	La Montana del Alma more books like this by Xingjian Gao, Professor Gao Xingjian add to wishlist see all copies from $15.02!
17 view cover	The Other Shore more books like this by Professor Gao Xingjian, Professor Francois Soulard, Professor Gilbert C F Fong add to wishlist see all copies from $16.95! new only from $16.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
18	La Montana del Alma by Xao Xingjian, Professor Gao Xingjian add to wishlist see all copies from $8.90! new only from $99.00!
19	Buy a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather ('Gei Wo Lao Ye Mai Yu Gan', in Traditional Chinese, Not in English) by Xingjian Gao add to wishlist see all copies from $11.72!
20	Yi Ge Ren De Sheng Jing ('One Man's Bible' in Traditional Chinese Characters) by Xingjian Gao add to wishlist see all copies from $30.02!
21	La Montagne De L'Ame by Gao Xingjian add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00!
22	Ling Shan ('Soul Mountain' in Traditional Chinese Characters) by Xingjian Gao add to wishlist see all copies from $24.95! new only from $24.95!
23	Snow in August by Xingjian Gao add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00!
24	Wild Man ('Ye Ren', in Traditional Chinese, Not in English) by Xingjian Gao add to wishlist see all copies from $8.89!
25	Quatre Quatuors Pour Un Week-End by Xingjian Gao add to wishlist see all copies from $48.59! new only from $48.59!

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