by Gao Xingjian · POINTS · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782757804506
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«La Montagne de l'âme» is the novel by Chinese writer Gao Xingjian, published by Points in paperback (672 pages, in French).
After brushing with death, a man leaves Beijing and seeks the mysterious «montagne de l'âme» that will give meaning to his life. Between the age-old tradition and the remnants of the Cultural Revolution, he travels through 1980s China, amid fantastic tales and folk legends, on a poetic and inner journey.
La Montagne de l'âme was Gao Xingjian's first novel. The author received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2000. This French edition is translated from the Chinese by Noël and Liliane Dutrait.
For readers interested in contemporary Chinese literature and initiatory journeys, as well as in the work of Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian.
Gao Xingjian is a Chinese émigré and later French naturalized novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director, and translator who in 2000 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity." He is also a noted translator, screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter.
