Gao Xingjian (‘gow shing-jen’) is the first Chinese recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in 1940 in Jiangxi province in eastern China, he earned a degree in French in Beijing, and embarked on a life of letters. Choosing exile in 1987, he settled in Paris, where he completed ‘Soul Mountain’ two years later. In 1992 he was named a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. He is a playwright and painter as well as a fiction writer and critic.
Una novela que, a modo de libro de viajes, profundiza acerca del sentido de nuestra identidad.El protagonista de este cuento de cuentos es un escritor chino a quien el azar le muestra su destino en un vagón de tren. A través de un desconocido descubre la existencia de la Montaña...
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