Search Results: Authors starting with X from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Hong Kong: Orient Fine Arts Exchange Society, 1988. 1 volume, [72] pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 26 cm. Text in Chinese and English. Edited by Beijing Gallery, Hong Kong. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. The artist's name Zhuang Xiao Lei is also transliterated as Zhuang Xiao-lei and Zhuang Xiaolei. Landscapes, with traditional themes hybridized with modern art.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Beijing: China Travel and Tourism Press, 1999. 126 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Shaanxi: Shaanxi Tourism Press, 2000. 110 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001. xi, 510 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. First published, 1990. Translated from the Chinese. Firm binding, clean inside copy. First U.S. Edition. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. First Chinese winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. "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… Read More

New York: HarperPerennial; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001. xi, 510 pages; 21 cm. First published, 1990. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. First Chinese winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. "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. / Gao Xingjian (whose name is pronounced gow shing-jen) is the first Chinese… Read More

Beijing: Zhongguo jian zhu gong ye chu ban she = China Architecture & Building Press, 1999. Pictorial boards, 251 pages, colour illustrations, plans (some colour); 29 cm. Text in Chinese and English. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Director of Compilers' Committee: Xu Wentao. Compilers: Kuang Zhenyan, Wu Ling, Zhang Shuduo, Zhang Weiren, Fan Quanxing, He Fengchun, Xu Yang, Xie Aihua" - Title page verso. CONTENTS: Outline on Suzhou Gardens; The Humble Administrator's Garden; The Lingering Garden; The Master-of-Nets Garden; The Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty; The Lion Forest Garden; The Garden of Cultivation; The Couple's Garden Retreat; The Surging Waves Pavillon; The Garden of Quiet Meditation; The Garden of Pleasance.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. 4to.