Gao Xingjian

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• ISBN 9780060936235
• 510 Pages •5.2 x 8"
• $15.99
An Elegy for China
09/02/2011
This is not an easy novel to pin down, as it strives to push the boundaries of what constitutes a novel. Part memoir, part metafiction, part travelogue, part ethnographic exploration, part political, part ecological and environmental, part history of the Cultural Revolution, part the realities of post-Mao China, part folklore, part poetry, part mythology, part nightmares and dreams, part songs…
• Book: Soul Mountain
• Author: Gao Xingjian
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Genre: Fiction

Recommended by:edward j rathke
edward j rathke lives here and there, finds his name in print occasionally, but mostly stares at the walls and waits for stories to fall out. His debut novel, Ash Cinema, was published by KUBOA Press.