by Gao Xingjian · Editions de l'Aube · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782876785267
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«La Montagne de l'âme» is the novel by Chinese writer Gao Xingjian, published by Editions de l'Aube in paperback (670 pages, in French).
A man misdiagnosed with lung cancer regains his attachment to life and travels through post-Cultural Revolution China in search of the mystical «mountain of the soul». The journey blends reflection on identity and history with fantastical tales and legends from the Chinese heritage, which the narrator often tells to the woman he falls in love with.
The novel was originally published in Chinese in 1990 as «靈山 [língshān]»; this French edition belongs to the L'Aube poche collection (no. 46).
For readers of literary fiction and inner journeys, and for those seeking the work of Nobel Prize in Literature winner 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.
