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Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather

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Paperback. Pub Date :2010-05-21 192 English Harper Perennial From Chinas first-ever winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature comes an exquisite new book of fictions. none of which has ever been published before in English . A young couple on honeymoon visit a beautiful temple up in the mountains. and spend the day intoxicated by the tranquillity of the setting; a swimmer is paralysed by a sudden cramp and finds himself stranded far out to sea on a cold autumn day; a man reminisces about his beloved grandfather. who used to make his own fishing rods from lengths of crooked bamboo straightened over a fire ... Blending the crisp immediacy of the present moment with the soft afterglow of memory and nostalgia. these stories hum with simplicity and wisdom - and will delight anyone who loved Gaos bestselling novels. Soul Mountain and One Mans Bible.

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Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather, Gao Xingjian, Mabel Lee

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2005
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Titolo
Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
2005
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
180
ISBN10
0007170394
ISBN13
9780007170395
Serie
Categoria
Valutazione
3,4 su 5
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Paperback. Pub Date :2010-05-21 192 English Harper Perennial From Chinas first-ever winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature comes an exquisite new book of fictions. none of which has ever been published before in English . A young couple on honeymoon visit a beautiful temple up in the mountains. and spend the day intoxicated by the tranquillity of the setting; a swimmer is paralysed by a sudden cramp and finds himself stranded far out to sea on a cold autumn day; a man reminisces about his beloved grandfather. who used to make his own fishing rods from lengths of crooked bamboo straightened over a fire ... Blending the crisp immediacy of the present moment with the soft afterglow of memory and nostalgia. these stories hum with simplicity and wisdom - and will delight anyone who loved Gaos bestselling novels. Soul Mountain and One Mans Bible.