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.
- ISBN10 9629961016
- ISBN13 9789629961015
- Publish Date 27 October 2004
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country HK
- Imprint The Chinese University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 88
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=9789629961015