About this title: 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 translations, poetically combine traditional Zen principles with a modern sensibility. Gao's themes include loneliness, exile, sexuality and the poles of life and death. The plays here display Gao's theoretical conception of "the tripartite actor," in which ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Chinese University Press
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9789622018624ISBN:9622018629
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library with labels in very good condition. Text in English, Chinese. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 312 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: New. Chinese University Press Trade PB 1st edition / 3rd printing. Square uncreased spine. No marks. Cover as shown. Still has publisher's promotional dual language red wraparound. New. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Chinese University Press, Hong Kong
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9789622018624ISBN:9622018629
Description: Near Fine. 9622018629. Translated from the Chinese by Gilbert C. F. Fong. First edition (paperback). About fine in printed wraps. read more
Description: Fine; Collectible. Excellent condition. Appears unread. No writings/underlines/highlights. Pages are very nice and clean. Satisfaction guarenteed! Fast ing! read more
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. ISBN10: 9622018629. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9789622018624ISBN:9622018629
Description: Good. 9622018629. Signed by author on the title page. Wraps a bit edgeworn, crease to back cover affects last few pages, some creasing to upper page corners.; 0.71 x 8.9 x 5.98 Inches; 312 pages; Signed by Author. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Chinese University Press, The, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9789622018624ISBN:9622018629
Description: New in New jacket. The present collection contains five of Gao Xingjian's most recent works: The Other Shore (1986), Between Life and Death (1991), Dialogue and Rebuttal (1992), Nocturnal Wanderer (1993), and Weekend Quartet (1995). One finds poetry, comedy as well as tragedy in the plays which are graced by beautiful language and original imagery. Combining Zen philosophy and a modern worldview, they serve to illuminate the gritty realities of life, death, sex, loneliness, and exile, all ... read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9789622018624ISBN:9622018629
Description: New in None jacket. Literature, Drama. Gao Xingjian is the leading Chinese dramatist of our time. He is also one of the most moving and literary writers for the contemporary stage. His plays have been performed all around the world. The present collection contains Gao Xingjian's most recent works: ‘The Other Shore', ‘Between Life and Death', ‘Dialogue and Rebuttal', ‘Nocturnal Wanderer', and ‘Weekend Quartet'. Combining Zen philosophy and a modern world view, the plays serve to illuminate the ... read more
"This is one of the best pieces of modern dramatic literature that I have ever read. I could read it over and over and find something new every single time."
"The Other Shore by Gao Xingjian, translated by Gilbet C. F. Fong
A great intro collection to the Chinese ex-pat, nobel prize winning playwright. I enjoyed the work and found it to be very much in line with what my own personal vision of the theater is. Gao Xingjian uses sophisticated dialogue and effectively combines it with abstract movement sequences, music and other performative elements. I liked the play, Nocturnal Wanderer so much that I'm directing it in my companies Unseen/Unheard Reading Series this December. The premise of this jewel. While characters on a train sleep, in the city a sleepwalker blindly encounters a prostitute, a thug, a tramp and other characters with very little control over his own life course while trains pass by on tracks overhead. A brilliant reflection of our lives."
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