Gao, Xingjian

Soul mountain = [Ling shan by Xingjian Gao ( Book )
83 editions published between 1990 and 2011 in 20 languages and held by 2,884 libraries worldwide
A man's journey in the remote areas of southwest China mirror his inner search of "Soul Mountain".

One man's Bible : a novel by Xingjian Gao ( Book )
66 editions published between 1999 and 2010 in 11 languages and held by 1,449 libraries worldwide
A fictionalized account of the author's life under Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution describes how the political climate of Beijing rendered his home one of perpetual fear for its citizens.

Buying a fishing rod for my grandfather : stories by Xingjian Gao ( Book )
66 editions published between 1988 and 2010 in 14 languages and held by 1,078 libraries worldwide
"Written between 1983 and 1990, these translated stories take as their themes the fragility of love and life, and the haunting power of memory. In "The Temple" the narrator's acute and mysterious anxiety overshadows the "delirious happiness" of an outing with his new wife on their honeymoon. In "The Cramp" a man narrowly escapes drowning in the sea, only to find that no one even noticed his absence. In "The Accident" a bus hits a cyclist and, as in stop-action film, the chaotic aftermath gives way to a calm, ordinary street comer with no trace of the previous drama. In the title story the narrator attempts to "unburden myself of homesickness" only to find himself lost in a labyrinth of childhood memories. Everywhere in this collection are powerful psychological portraits of characters whose unarticulated hopes and fears betray the never-ending presence of the past in their present lives."--Book jacket.

The other shore : plays by Xingjian Gao ( Book )
24 editions published between 1999 and 2001 in English and German and held by 864 libraries worldwide
When Gao Xingjian won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000, he became the only Chinese writer to achieve such international acclaim. The Chinese University Press is the first publisher of his work in the English language. Indeed, The Other Shore is one of the few works by the author available in English today. The Other Shore: Plays by Gao Xingjian contains five of Gao's most recent works: The Other Shore (1986), Between Life and Death (1991), Dialogue and Rebuttal (1992), Nocturnal Wanderer (1993), and Weekend Quartet (1995). With original imagery and in beautiful language, these plays illuminate the realities of life, death, sex, loneliness, and exile. The plays also show the dramatist's idea of the tripartite actor, a process by which the actor neutralizes himself and achieves a disinterested observation of his self in performance. An introduction by the translator describes the dramatist and his view on drama.

The case for literature by Xingjian Gao ( Book )
10 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 661 libraries worldwide
When Gao Xingjian was crowned Nobel Laureate in 2000, it was the first time in the hundred-year history of the Nobel Prize that this honor had been awarded to an author for a body of work written in Chinese. The same year, American readers embraced Mabel Lee's translation of Gao's lyrical and autobiographical novel Soul Mountain, making it a national best seller. Gao's plays, novels, and short fiction have won the Chinese expatriate an international following and a place among the world's greatest living writers. The bold and extraordinary essays in this volume ... embody an argument for literature as a universal human endeavor rather than one defined and limited by national boundaries. Gao believes in the need for the writer to stand apart from collective movements, regardless of whether these are engineered by political parties or driven by economic or other forces not related to literature. This collection presents Gao's innovative ideas on aesthetics, and it constitutes the very kernel of his thinking on literary creation.--Book jacket.

Return to painting by Xingjian Gao ( Book )
19 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and French and held by 340 libraries worldwide
Romancier ayant obtenu le prix Nobel de littérature en 2000, Gao Xingjian est aussi peintre. Sont rassemblés ici un texte critique et une centaine d'oeuvres, encre de Chine sur papier de riz, de l'artiste.

Snow in August by 高行健 ( Book )
10 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 298 libraries worldwide
Snow in August is based on the life of Huineng (AD 633-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism in Tang Dynasty China. Packed with the myriad sights and sounds of both the Eastern and Western theatrical traditions, the play exudes wonder and mysticism. The many koan cases and the story of Huineng's enlightenment afford the audience fascinating vignettes of Gao's vision of life and existence -- an awareness of the Void and the need for a personal peace with oneself.

Escape, &, The man who questions death by Xingjian Gao ( Book )
19 editions published between 1989 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 250 libraries worldwide
"This collection contains two plays by Gao Xingjian, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2000. Escape was written in 1989 in the wake of the June 4 Student Movement in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. With the publication ofo the play, Gao was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party, dismissed from his state appointment and ahd his house in Beijing confiscated. Perhaps because of this controversy, Escape has become the most performed of all of Gao's plays: it has been staged in Sweden, Germany, Belgium, France, Poland, Japan, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, and Canada. Wherever it was staged, it was given a locally relevant intepretation and was well received, which lends credence to Gao's claim of the universality of the play he describes as the tragedy of modern man. The Man Who Questions Death is the latest of Gao's plays. It is also one of the most exciting and powerful." -- Book jacket.

Soul mountain by Xingjian Gao ( Book )
33 editions published between 1990 and 2007 in 12 languages and held by 228 libraries worldwide
A chinese man goes on a journey of self discovery in the distant regions of contemplating the disparaging effects of the cultural revolution.

Of mountains and seas : a tragicomedy of the Gods in three acts by Xingjian Gao ( Book )
13 editions published between 1993 and 2008 in Chinese and English and held by 208 libraries worldwide