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  • Bibliography:
    5 Books
  • First Book:
    December 2000
  • Latest Book:
    January 2017
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Book List in Order: 5 titles



  • In 1983, Chinese playwright, critic, fiction writer, and painter Gao Xingjian was diagnosed with lung cancer and faced imminent death. But six weeks later, a second examination revealed there was no cancer--he had won "a reprieve from death." Faced w...



  • “Courageous … One Man’s Bible is driven by the sweeping panorama of history and the suffering and reconciliation that underlie it.” -- Washington Post Book WorldPublished to impressive critical acclaim, One Man's Bible enhances the reputatio...



  • “Precisely detailed and delicately suggestive: the best work of Gao’s yet to appear in English translation.” -- Kirkus ReviewsA collection of six exquisite short stories from Gao Xingjian, the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize in Lite...



  • Nobel Laureate Gao Xingjian is amongst the most challenging writers of the present era. He has probed the dynamics of Chinese and European literature and developed unique strategies for the writing of seventeen plays, two novels, a collection of shor...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gao Xingjian has published 5 books.

Gao Xingjian does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Case For Literature, was published in January 2017.

The first book by Gao Xingjian, Soul Mountain, was published in December 2000.

No. Gao Xingjian does not write books in series.