SOUL MOUNTAIN by GAO XINGJIAN

HarperCollins Publishers Australia. Good. 198mm / 128mm. Paperback. 2003. 561 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned<br>Loosely autobiographical ac count of renowned Chinese writer Gao Xinjian travels through the forests of central China and along the Chang River. The journey a llows the author to examine and explore modern-day Chinese societ y and philosophy. Author is a Nobel Literature prize winning Chin ese ... .

HarperCollins (Australia) 2003 Paperback. Fair.

Harper Collins, Sydney, 2003. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good Condition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 561 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. The book has been read and carries some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. 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… Read More