Snow in August

by Gilbert C.F. Fong, Xingjian Gao

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Description From Gao Xingjian, a winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature, comes a "major drama about life."
"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 Gaos vision of life and existence [w an awareness of the Void and the need for a personal peace with oneself.

Publisher Description

From Gao Xingjian, a winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature, comes a "major drama about life.

Snow in August blends Eastern and Western cultures. In form, there are elements of Shakespearean and Greek tragedy, but in spirit, it embodies a uniquely Eastern sensibility."-Gao Xingjian

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 ?w an awareness of the Void and the need for a personal peace with oneself.

Author Biography

Gilbert C.F. Fong is a professor at the Department of Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the translator of The Other Shore: Plays by Gao Xingjian (The Chinese University Press, 1999), and also editor of Hong Kong Drama Review, Journal of Translation Studies and several books on Chinese and Hong Kong drama.

Details

  • ISBN 9629961016
  • ISBN-13 9789629961015
  • Title Snow in August
  • Author Gilbert C.F. Fong, Xingjian Gao
  • Format Paperback
  • Year 2004
  • Pages 88
  • Publisher The Chinese University Press
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