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Snow in August
by XINGJIAN, Gao
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 9629960680
- ISBN 13
- 9789629960681
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2003. Bound in gray cloth, stamped in white in matching dust jacket. This is the first English version of this book by the Nobel-Prize winning author. The play is based on the life of Huineng (AD 633-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism in Tang Dynasty China. 83 pp. Quite scarce in the English language edition. Translated by Gilbert C.F. Fong.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6000837
- Title
- Snow in August
- Author
- XINGJIAN, Gao
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 9629960680
- ISBN 13
- 9789629960681
- Publisher
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
- Place of Publication
- Hong Kong
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Drama; Play
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama;
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Springtown, Pennsylvania
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