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Snow in August Play by Gao Xingjian / Gao Xingjian ; translated by Gilbert C.F. Fong.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gao, Xingjian.
- Standardized Title:
- Ba yue xue. English
- 八月雪. English
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gao, Xingjian.
- Gao, Xingjian--Translations into English.
- Genre:
- Translations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (107 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Spine title also in Chinese: 八月雪
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003.
- Language Note:
- Translation of: Bayue xue.
- Summary:
- 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 the myriad sights and sounds of both the Eastern and Western theatrical traditions, the play exudes wonder and mysticism. The many koan cases and the story of Huineng's enlightenment afford the audience fascinating vignettes of Gao's vision of life and existence?an awareness of the Void and the need for a personal peace with onself.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Introduction: Marginality, Zen, andOmnipotent Theatre
- Photographs
- Snow in August
- Act I Scene 1
- Act I Scene 2
- Act I Scene 3
- Act II Scene 1
- Act II Scene 2
- Act II Scene 3
- Act II Scene 4
- Act III
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Drama.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789882378919
- 9882378919
- OCLC:
- 1265463990
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