Other Shore Plays

Name: Other Shore Plays
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ISBN: 9789622018624

ISBN-10: 9622018629

ISBN-13: 9789622018624

Edition: 1999

Authors: Xingjian Gao, Gilbert C. F. Fong, Gao Xingjian, Gilbert C. F. Fong

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When Gao Xingjian won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000, he became the only Chinese writer to achieve such international acclaim. The Chinese University Press is the first publisher of his work in the English language. Indeed, The Other Shore is one of the few works by the author available in English today. The Other Shore: Plays by Gao Xingjian contains five of Gao's most recent works: The Other Shore (1986), Between Life and Death (1991), Dialogue and Rebuttal (1992), Nocturnal Wanderer (1993), and Weekend Quartet (1995). With original imagery and in beautiful language, these plays illuminate the realities of life, death, sex, loneliness, and exile. The plays also show the…

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List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong, The
Publication date: 1/21/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 5.96" wide x 8.95" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Gilbert C. F. Fong is currently Professor and Chair at the Department of Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, whereas Mabel Lee is Honarary Associate Professor in Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney



Acknowledgements


Introduction


The Other Shore


Between Life and Death


Dialogue and Rebuttal


Nocturnal Wanderer


Weekend Quartet



Plays Written by Gao Xingjian



Selected Criticism on Gao Xingjian's Plays



Major Productions of Gao Xingjian's Plays