One Man's Bible is a fictionalized account of Gao Xingjian's life under the Chinese Communist regime. Daily life is riddled with paranoia and fear, and government propaganda turns citizens against one another. It is a place where a single sentence spoken ten years earlier can make one an enemy of the state.
But One Man's Bible is also a profound meditation on the essence of writing, on exile, on the effects of political oppression on the human spirit, and on how the human spirit can triumph.
Book Title | One Man's Bible |
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Author | Gao Xingjian |
ISBN | 9780061760303 |
Language | English |
Book Format | epub |
Date Published | March 17th 2009 by HarperCollins Publishers LLC (US) |