About this title: 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.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: GOOD. Crisp, clean, unread hardcover with light shelfwear/edgewear to the boards (no dust jacket) and a small publisher's mark to one side-NICE! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Date Published: 3-15-03
ISBN-13:9789629960681ISBN:9629960680
Description: GOOD. Crisp, clean, unread hardcover with light shelfwear/edgewear to the boards (no dust jacket) and a small publisher's mark to one side-NICE! 0.81 lbs. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Date Published: 3-15-03
ISBN-13:9789629960681ISBN:9629960680
Description: FINE. Crisp, clean, unread hardcover with very light shelfwear to the dust jacket and a remainder mark to one edge-NICE! 0.81 lbs. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Date Published: 2003-03-15
ISBN-13:9789629960681ISBN:9629960680
Description: Good. HARDCOVER. Good Condition. Binding tight, pages clean. Some liquid damge to bottom edge of covers and tail of spine (no damage to pages), as well to corresponding areas of the Dust Jacket. Wear to edges and corners of book and jacket as well. Tail of spine and jacket's spine wrinkled. Reading copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chinese University Press, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9789629960681ISBN:9629960680
Description: xxiv, 83 p. : ill. (some col. ); 24 cm. First English translation. Spine title also in Chinese: Ba yue xue. NF condition in like dustjacket. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: CHINESE UNIV PR
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9789629960681ISBN:9629960680
Description: New. 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 sig... read more
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