Tuesday, 24 June 2014

BOOK REVIEW: BUYING A FISHING ROD FOR MY GRANDFATHER


Title: Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather
Pages: 144
Publisher: Harper/Perennial
Available: Amazon, Kindle
Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Buying-Fishing-Rod-My-Grandfather/dp/0060575565
Rating: 3/5 


Translated from the Chinese by Mabel Lee

Being the first ever winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in China, Gao Xingjian has composed a list of short stories that have never been published before in English - until now.
Anyone who has ever read his other novels will like to see how he tackles short stories, and each one is about a moment in time; a honeymoon couple going to a temple, a swimmer experiences difficulties while out enjoying the waves, and a man remembers his times with his grandfather when he used to make fishing rods from bamboo sticks. Back then times were simpler.


Short stories in this book:

The Temple
In The Park
Cramp
The Accident
Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather
In an Instant

Previous books:

Soul Mountain
One Man's Bible

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