A collection of six unforgettable stories from Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian. Dealing with Gao's trademark themes of relationships, family, the political scene in China and exploration of the self, these stories are by turns moving, beautiful and thought-provoking. With the exception of 'In an Instant', all the stories were written in China in the early 1980s and published in Chinese in a collection called Gei wo laoye mai yugan (Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather) by Lianhe Press in taipei 1989. 'In an Instant' was ...
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A collection of six unforgettable stories from Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian. Dealing with Gao's trademark themes of relationships, family, the political scene in China and exploration of the self, these stories are by turns moving, beautiful and thought-provoking. With the exception of 'In an Instant', all the stories were written in China in the early 1980s and published in Chinese in a collection called Gei wo laoye mai yugan (Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather) by Lianhe Press in taipei 1989. 'In an Instant' was written in Paris in October 1990 but not published until 1996 in the collection Zhoumo sichongzhou, after Soul Mountain had been published in early 1990. this is the perfect first taste of the work of Gao Xingjian - short, sweet and highly accessible - something for those who have heard about the author but are unsure where to start.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x1; Minor shelf wear to binding. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling with small label over publishers barcode, in a mylar cover. 127 pp.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has light soiling and chips at the head. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 127 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First thus edition, first printing. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0060575557. Translated from the Chinese and with an introduction by Mabel Lee. First printing. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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First American edition of the author's first collection of short stories published in English. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Pour ____ ____ Gao Xingjian Paris le 20 Octobre 2006." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich. Translated from the Chinese by Mabel Lee. These six stories by Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian transport the reader to moments where the fragility of love and life, and the haunting power of memory, are beautifully unveiled. 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 titlestory, the narrator attempts to relieve his homesickness only to find that he is lost in a labyrinth of childhood memories. "[Gao's] narrators walk as if in a dream through a private landscape of memory and sensation" (Boston Globe).
