As one of Gao Xingjian's characters remarks, if a fiction writer could know the true stories of the people he passes on the street, he would be amazed. Surely the Nobel laureate's own story, which forms the basis of Soul Mountain, is worthy of amazement. In Gao was diagnosed with lung cancer, the disease that had killed his father/5(). Nobel Prize-winning Chinese author Gao Xingjian’s novel Soul Mountain () is the nonlinear story of an unnamed narrator who ventures into the heart of rural China to find the legendary, elusive Lingshan (Soul Mountain). The novel is at least partly inspired by Xingjian's own travels, interspersed with both real and imagined characters, snippets of folklore, and various fantasies and fictional episodes. Gao Xingjian’s Soul Mountain has been viewed as an intellectual reaction to social progress (industrialization and urbanization) as defined by the Chinese government. By rejecting literary realism which has been China’s official discourse on reality, and by adopting the aesthetics of Western modernism, Gao also accepts the powerlessness of literature to shape social change and diminishes .
Faced with a repressive cultural environment and the threat of a spell in a prison farm, Gao fled Beijing and began a journey of 15, kilometers over a period of five months. The result of this epic voyage of discovery is Soul Mountain. A bold, lyrical, prodigious novel, Soul Mountain probes the human soul with an uncommon directness and candor. Soul Mountain. by Gao Xingjian. X. Critics' Opinion: Readers' Opinion: Not Yet Rated. First Published: Nov , pages Paperback: Nov , pages. Genres. Debut. Rate this book. Write a Review. Buy This Book. About this Book. Summary; Excerpt; Reading Guide; Chapter One. The old bus is a city reject. After shaking in it for twelve hours. Show details. Hide details. Choose items to buy together. This item: Soul Mountain. by Gao Xingjian Paperback. $ Only 20 left in stock (more on the way). Ships from and sold by bltadwin.ru FREE Shipping on orders over $
Soul Mountain Summary. Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Plot Summary of “Soul Mountain” by Gao Xingjian. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Soul Mountain. In , Chinese playwright, critic, fiction writer, and painter Gao Xingjian was diagnosed with lung cancer and faced imminent death. But six weeks later, a second examination revealed there was no cancer -- he had won "a reprieve from death." Faced with a repressive cultural environment and the threat of a spell in a prison. Gao Xingjian is an artistic innovator, in both the visual arts and literature. He is that rare multitalented artist who excels as novelist, playwright, essayist, director, and painter. In addition to Soul Mountain and One Man's Bible, a book of his plays, The Other Shore, and a volume of his paintings, Return to Painting, have been published in.
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