Escape & the Man Who Questions Death

Escape & the Man Who Questions Death

Xingjian Gao, Gilbert C. F. Fong (Translator)
$25.00
Publication Date: April 3rd, 2007
Publisher:
Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
ISBN:
9789629963088
Pages:
200

Description

Inspired by the author's personal trauma in Europe and Mao's China, these two plays scrutinize the psychology of self-proclaimed heroes and the consequences of dangerous revolutions that turn literature and art into hostages of politics, fashions, and trends.

About the Author

Gao Xingjian is the 2000 Nobel Laureate in Literature, the first time the Prize had been awarded for a body of work written in the Chinese language. Gilbert C. F. Fong is currently professor and chairman in the Department of Translation at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.