2001, ISBN: 9780684831381

New York: HarperPerennial; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001. xi, 510 pages; 21 cm. First published, 1990. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. First Chinese winner of the Nobel Prize for Literatur… Mehr…

New York: HarperPerennial; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001. xi, 510 pages; 21 cm. First published, 1990. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. First Chinese winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. "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 second reprieve from death.' Faced with a repressive cultural environment and the threat of a spell in a prison farm, Gao fled Beijing and began a journey of 15,000 kilometers into the remote mountains and ancient forests of Sichuan in southwest China. The result of this epic voyage of discovery is Soul Mountain. Bold, lyrical, and prodigious, Soul Moutain probes the human soul with an uncommon directness and candor and delights in the freedom of the imagination to expand the notion of the individual self. / Gao Xingjian (whose name is pronounced gow shing-jen) is the first Chinese recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in 1940 in Jiangxi province in eastern China, he has lived in France since 1987. Gao Xingjian is an artistic innovator, in both the visual arts and literature. He is that rare multitalented artist who excels as novelist, playwright, essayist, director, and painter. In addition to Soul Mountain and One Man's Bible, a book of his plays, The Other Shore, and a volume of his paintings, Return to Painting, have been published in the United States." - Publisher.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo., HarperPerennial; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001, 3, New York: Simon & Schuster; A Touchstone Book, 1997. 704 pages, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Browning. Another copy available. "The epic of Chicago is the story of the emergence of modern America. Here, witness Chicago's growth from a desolate fur-trading post in the 1830s to one of the world's most explosively alive cities by 1900. Donald Miller's powerful narrative embraces it all: Chicago's wild beginnings, its reckless growth, its natural calamities (especially the Great Fire of 1871), its raucous politics, its empire-building businessmen, its world-transforming architecture, its rich mix of cultures, its community of young writers and journalists, and its staggering engineering projects -- which included the reversal of the Chicago River and raising the entire city from prairie mud to save it from devastating cholera epidemics. The saga of Chicago's unresolved struggle between order and freedom, growth and control, capitalism and community, remains instructive for our time, as we seek ways to build and maintain cities that retain their humanity without losing their energy. City of the Century throbs with the pulse of the great city it brilliantly brings to life. / Donald L. Miller is the John Henry MacCracken Professor of History at Lafayette College. He hosted the series A Biography of America on PBS and has appeared in numerous other PBS programs in the American Experience series, as well as in programs on the History Channel. He is the author of eight previous books, among them the prize-winning City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America, The Story of World War II, and D-Days in the Pacific." - Publisher.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo., Simon & Schuster; A Touchstone Book, 1997, 3<

1997, ISBN: 0684831384

[EAN: 9780684831381], D'occasion, bon état, [SC: 24.86], [PU: Simon and Schuster], A chronicle of the coming of the Industrial Age to one American city traces the explosive entrepreneuria… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780684831381], D'occasion, bon état, [SC: 24.86], [PU: Simon and Schuster], A chronicle of the coming of the Industrial Age to one American city traces the explosive entrepreneurial, technological, and artistic growth that converted Chicago from a trading post to a modern industrial metropolis by the 1890s Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item., Books<

1997, ISBN: 9780684831381

704 p. Softcover Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without markings. Slight signs of storage and use. Otherwise a neat copy. 9780684831381 Versand D: 5,00 EUR, [PU:Simon & Schus… Mehr…

704 p. Softcover Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without markings. Slight signs of storage and use. Otherwise a neat copy. 9780684831381 Versand D: 5,00 EUR, [PU:Simon & Schuster,]<