by Gao Xingjian · Editorial Planeta · tapa dura · ISBN 9788484539681
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«La montaña del alma» is the contemporary fiction novel by Gao Xingjian, published by Booket in hardcover (656 pages, in Spanish).
A chance encounter on a train puts the protagonist on the trail of a legendary mountain and launches him on a journey through China. The narrative combines physical travel with memory and introspection, portraying the country's philosophy, art, people and customs. A work about individual identity and spiritual quest.
Originally published in 1990 as «靈山» (Lingshan), this 2001 edition includes the translation by Liao Yanping and José Ramón Monreal.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction and Chinese literature, as well as for those seeking travel and introspective novels.
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.
