The Case for Literature

by Gao Xingjian

Book Overview

The author of Soul Mountain, and China's only Nobel Laureate in Literature, offers provocative insights into the meaning and enduring importance of literary expression

When Gao Xingjian was crowned Nobel Laureate in 2000, it was the first time in the hundred-year history of the Nobel Prize that this honor had been awarded to an author for a body of work written in Chinese. The same year, American readers embraced Mabel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300136269
• ISBN13: 9780300136265
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.8" x 7.5"