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Gao Xingjian’s Soul Mountain, first published in Chinese in 1990 and translated into English by Mabel Lee in 2000, is not an easy read. In fact, it’s one of those books that seem to give meat to the argument that the Nobel Literature Prize committee tends to reward little-known writers whose works could never be classified as page-turners. Gao won the award in 2000, becoming the first Chinese author to do so. The committee commended him “for an œuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama.”
Soul Mountain is a deeply personal narrative, inspired by Gao’s own journeys in 1983 through Sichuan province and along the Ya...
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