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Soul Mountain


Author(s):
GAO Xingjian
Publisher:
Flamingo
Publication:
8/2001
Languages:
English
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN/SKU:
9780007119233
Pages:
528
Sizes:
129 x 197mm
Weight:
0.3760
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This book is a wonderful collection of original drawings and writings about Beijing during the past 60 years. The author is a typical senior who grew up in a big family in a traditional courtyard house (a siheyuan in mandarin). As an ordinary citizen he carefully observed and recorded the life and customs around him,and vividly describes his childhood,family life,schooling,love,marriage and work. The pictures reveal the changes in customs,attitudes,and historical figures as well as,capture the changes in scenery and architecture in Beijing since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.