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First Edition of One Man’s Bible; Signed by Gao Xingjian
XINGJIAN, GAO.
One Man’s Bible.
New York: Harper Collins 2002.
First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s second novel published in English. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Gao Xingjian on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roberto de Cicq de Cumptich. Jacket painting by Gao Xingjian.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 1236
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First Edition of Gao Xingjian's Buying a Fishing Rod For My Grandfather; Inscribed by Him
XINGJIAN, GAO.
Buying a Fishing Rod For My Grandfather.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers 2004.
First American edition of the author’s first collection of short stories published in English. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Pour ____ ____ Gao Xingjian Paris le 20 Octobre 2006.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich. Translated from the Chinese by Mabel Lee.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 138015
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"Only a lunatic would think that art is superior to nature": First Edition of Soul Mountain; Signed by Gao Xingjian
XINGJIAN, GAO.
Soul Mountain.
New York: Harper Collins 2000.
First edition in English of the author’s magnum opus, which led to him winning the Nobel Prize in literature in 2000. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Gao Xingjian on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Mabel Lee.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 138016
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First Edition in English of Xingjian's Snow in August; Inscribed by Him
XINGJIAN, GAO.
Snow in August.
Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press 2003.
First edition in English of the Nobel Laureate’s play that is based on the legendary Huineng, the sixth patriarch of Zen Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Gao Xingjian on the title page. Review copy, with slip laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Gilbert C.F. Fong.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 1234