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Title: The Other Shore
Author: Gao Xingjian Publisher: Chinese University Press Printing Year: 1999 Signed first edition (third printing) Condition/Details: Bound in wrappers, this volume is a scarce signed first edtion of the first Chinese author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (2000). "Gao Xingjian is the leading Chinese dramatist of our time. He is also one of the most moving and literary writers for the contemporary stage. His plays have been performd all around the world . Born and educated in China, Gao studies French literature at the Beijing Foreign Languages Institute between 1957-1962. After the Cultural Revolution, he became a resident playwright at the Beijing People's Art Theatre. his works, which include "Bus Stop", "Absolute Signal", and "Wilderness Man", were both trend-setting and controversial and created a wave of experimental drama in China. In 1987 he settled in Paris, France and continued to write in Chinese and in French . He was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 1992." (Dustjacket text) The volume is in fine condition, and is solidly bound with clean pages. The book measures approximately 6" x 9" and contains 269 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50 ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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