Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather
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Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather by Gao Xingjian
From China's first-ever winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature comes an exquisite new book of fictions, none of which has ever been published before in English.Praise for Gao Xingjian:
'When he writes of his experiences in the real world, Gao transcends cultural barriersA good story will out in any language, and when Gao is good he is staggeringly so.' Daily Telegraph
'Brilliant and poetic, keen and original… Gao's ambition is to transcend the specifics of time and place, to write a meditation on literature itself and its ability to reveal the raging, brutal, brilliant beast that is mankind itself… [His work] burns with a powerfully individualistic fire of intelligence and depth of feeling… Unforgettable.' New York Times
Gao Xingjian was born in 1940 in Jiangxi province in eastern China, and has lived in France since 1987. Gao is considered an artistic innovator in his native China, both in the visual arts and in literature. He is that rare multi-talented artist who excels as a novelist, playwright, essayist, director and painter. Two novels, the internationally best-selling Soul Mountain and One Man's Bible, are available in English from Flamingo, as well as a volume of his art entitled Return to Painting.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780007170388 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007170386 |
| Title | Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather |
| Author | Gao Xingjian |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2004-04-19 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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