Soul Mountain
by Xingjian, Gao
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- Signed
- Condition
- Fine - As New/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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SANDY, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Easton Press, 2006. Collector's Edition. Full leather. Fine - As New/No Jacket as Issued. A handsome dark green leather Collector's edition signed by the author on the signature page. Winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature, the first recipient from China. In fine unread condition with gold gilt cover designs and page edges, moire silk endpapers and bound-in silk bookmark. The author is currently living in Paris in exile. Includes the publisher's Note and Certificate of Authenticity from Easton Press. A beautiful copy.
Synopsis
Soul Mountain is a novel by 2000 Nobel Prize winning Chinese author Gao Xingjian, first published in Chinese in 1990. It was first published in the United States in English in December 5, 2000, and was translated by Mabel Lee. The novel is a product of the author's journey in rural areas of China, inspired by a false diagnosis of fatal lung cancer. The novel is a part autobiographical, part fictional account of a man's journey to find the fabled mountain Lingshan.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parrish Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3263
- Title
- Soul Mountain
- Author
- Xingjian, Gao
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- New Fine - As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Date Published
- 2006
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About the Seller
Parrish Books
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SANDY, Oregon
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...