Soul Mountain
by Gao Xingjian | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0060936231 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0060936231 Global Overview for this book
Registered by morsecode of Woonsocket, Rhode Island USA on 5/23/2006
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Book Description:
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.
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.
Tomorrow I'm sending this book to MissyZ.
It's long overdue, but I hope she'll enjoy it.
It's long overdue, but I hope she'll enjoy it.
Mmm... 'nother good one to read this year - thank you Morsie!
Journal Entry 4 by MissyZ at Monitor, 4 Matthew Parker Street - Booksharing Shelf in City of Westminster, Greater London United Kingdom on Monday, January 26, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (1/26/2009 UTC) at Monitor, 4 Matthew Parker Street - Booksharing Shelf in City of Westminster, Greater London United Kingdom
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