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Snow in August: Play by Gao Xingjian
Professor Xingjian
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Description for Snow in August: Play by Gao Xingjian
Paperback. Translator(s): Fong, Professor Gilbert C F. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; AN; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 157 x 7. Weight in Grams: 213.
From Gao Xingjian, a winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature, comes a major drama about life. Snow in August blends Eastern and Western cultures. In form, there are elements of Shakespearean and Greek tragedy, but in spirit, it embodies a uniquely Eastern sensibility. --Gao Xingjian Snow in August is based on the life of Huineng (AD 633-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism in Tang Dynasty China. Packed with the myriad sights and sounds of both the Eastern and Western theatrical traditions, the play exudes wonder and mysticism. The many koan cases and ... Read more
From Gao Xingjian, a winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature, comes a major drama about life. Snow in August blends Eastern and Western cultures. In form, there are elements of Shakespearean and Greek tragedy, but in spirit, it embodies a uniquely Eastern sensibility. --Gao Xingjian Snow in August is based on the life of Huineng (AD 633-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism in Tang Dynasty China. Packed with the myriad sights and sounds of both the Eastern and Western theatrical traditions, the play exudes wonder and mysticism. The many koan cases and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
212g
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
ISBN
9789629961015
SKU
V9789629961015
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About Professor Xingjian
Gilbert C.F. Fong is a professor at the Department of Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the translator of The Other Shore: Plays by Gao Xingjian (The Chinese University Press, 1999), and also editor of Hong Kong Drama Review, Journal of Translation Studies and several books on Chinese and Hong Kong drama.
Reviews for Snow in August: Play by Gao Xingjian
My aim is to create a new and contemporary musical theatre based on the foundations of Eastern traditional drama, an omnipotent theatre of singing, movement, dialogue, and the martial arts.
Gao Xingjian A welcome addition to the growing body of Gao's works available in English.
Alexander Huang Asian Theatre Journal Snow in August comes close to being Gao Xingjian's ... Read more
Gao Xingjian A welcome addition to the growing body of Gao's works available in English.
Alexander Huang Asian Theatre Journal Snow in August comes close to being Gao Xingjian's ... Read more