Soul Mountain [electronic resource]
G Xingjian2010
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the worldwide bestselling novel by the winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for
Literature. Soul Mountain is a picaresque novel of immense wisdom and sparse
beauty, bursting with knowledge and experience and portraying a culture as vast
and fascinating as the history of humankind itself. In China in the early
eighties, the book's central character embarks on a cross-country journey in
search of the mysterious 'Mountain'. Along the way he collects stories, lovers,
spiritual wisdom and undergoes myriad experiences that are sometimes violent,
sometimes frightening, sometimes funny, but always enriching. He researches the
origins of humankind and Chinese culture, and explores philosophical issues such
as truth, knowledge and how one's childhood affects later life. At the end of
the book, he realises that all along what was important was not finding the
elusive Soul Mountain, but rather the journey itself. Part love story, part
fable, part philosophical treatise and part travel journa...
Main title:
Soul Mountain [electronic resource] / G Xingjian
Author:
G Xingjian, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : 4th Estate, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (576 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780730491194
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
435973
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