Snow in August: Play by Gao Xingjian

by Gao Xingjian

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9629961016
• ISBN13: 9789629961015
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher