Soul Mountain
Soul MountainGao Xingjian

Soul Mountain (1990)

Gao Xingjian

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Faced with a repressive cultural environment and the threat of internment on a prison farm, Chinese playwright, critic, novelist, and painter Gao fled Beijing and journeyed into the remote mountains and ancient forests of Sichuan. The result of this epic voyage of discovery is Soul Mountain.

ISBN:
9780007119226
Length:
510 pages

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