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Gao xingjian books the guardian soul mountain by xingjian gao yuanyuan soul mountain gao. An emigre to france since 1987, gao was granted french citizenship in 1997. Gao xingjian is an artistic innovator, in both the visual arts and literature. In her article aesthetics in gaos soul mountain mabel lee analyses nobel laureate. Soul mountain download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Read free book excerpt from soul mountain by gao xingjian, page 1 of 2.
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