
Snow in August
Play by Gao Xingjian
Xingjian Gao(Author)
The Chinese University Press
Published on 27. October 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
88 pages
978-962-996-101-5 (ISBN)
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 cw an awareness of the Void and the need for a personal peace with oneself.
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 cw an awareness of the Void and the need for a personal peace with oneself.
Reviews / Votes
My aim is to create a new and contemporary musical theatre based on the foundations of Eastern traditional drama, an omnipotent theatre of singing, movement, dialogue, and the martial arts." - Gao Xingjian"Snow in August comes close to being Gao Xingjian's ideal theatre." -Gilbert C. F. Fong
"A welcome addition to the growing body of Gao's works available in English." -Alexander Huang, Asian Theatre Journal
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
210 gr
ISBN-13
978-962-996-101-5 (9789629961015)
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06/2003
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Persons
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.