A mans journey in the remote areas of southwest china mirror his inner search of soul mountain. Beyond the field of chinese literature specialists, amongst whom he was known primarily as a playwright and not as a novelist, gao was largely unknown, or rather he was little known to anglophone readers, for in france and sweden his novel lingshan soul mountain had been published and acclaimed in the mid1990s. This will be our first meeting discussing the novel in its entirety, so even if you missed our previous two meetings, if youve read the book, we welcome you to join us. Part travel diary, part philosophy, part love story, soul mountain is an elegant, unforgettable novel that journeys deep into the heart of modernday china.
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The result of this epic voyage of discovery is soul mountain. The soul mountain lingshan continues to elude gao, and the closest thing he ever got to is the soul rock lingyan where women burn incense when they want to have sons. This book is both indispensable and inspiring reading for intellectuals and informed readers who regard themselves as citizens. The first edition of the novel was published in april 1999, and was written by gao xingjian. 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. Gao xingjian born january 4, 1940 is a chinese emigre novelist, playwright, and critic who in 2000 was awarded the nobel prize for literature for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity. The novel is loosely based on the authors own journey into rural china, which was inspired by a false diagnosis of. Gao xingjian is currently considered a single author. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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It made me move into unknown territories, discovering elements of literature that enriched me in a surprising way, and it challenged my comfort zone by inviting me to embark on a spiritual journey in china. He is also a noted translator particularly of samuel beckett and eugene ionesco, screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter. He was also renowned as a stage director and as an artist. Soul mountain download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The elusive lingshan soul mountain becomes the object of his quest. Unlike many other readers, i could not detect any deep moral or religious questioning on the part of the author, nor is there a spiritual awakening in this book. Gao xingjian whose name is pronounced gow shingjen is the first chinese recipient of the nobel prize in literature. Archived from the original pdf on but she doesnt answer. Part travel diary, part philosophy, part love story, soul mountain is a novel that journeys deep into the heart of modernday china. May 01, 2019 gao xingjian soul mountain pdf soul mountain. Description this book is in the cambria world sinophone series general editor.
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