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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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 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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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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Fine. Uncorrected proof. Translated by Mabel Lee. Fine in wrappers with a publisher's label on the cover, with a lightly worn publisher's letter laid in. A book of short stories about the fragility of life and love, and the power of memory from the first Chinese recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Scarce 1st by this Nobel Laureate. Collection of short-stories from award-winning writer, translated by Mabel Lee. All the 6 stories have been previously published elsewhere. However, 5 of them were previously published in Taiwan and the remaining one has only previously appeared in magazines, so this is the first appearance of this particular collection in book form and presumably also the first time five of them have appeared in English.
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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.
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