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New York: Soho. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1569471932 . A handsome First Edition/First Printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Qiu Xiaolong directly on the title page; The introduction of Inspector Chen Chao, the up-and-coming chief inspector of the Shanghai Police Bureau, determined to prove his worth. His first case is the murder of a National Model Worker, a poster girl for the socialist ideal…but C... more information

New York: Soho. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1569471932 . An attractive First Edition/First Printing in Near Fine condition with light soiling to fore edge in Fine dust-jacket with minor edgewear; The introduction of Inspector Chen Chao, the up-and-coming chief inspector of the Shanghai Police Bureau, determined to prove his worth. His first case is the murder of a National Model Worker, a poster girl for the socialist ideal but Chen unearths another le... more information

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. As New; Signed by Author. 2006. Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited Edition, SIGNED by the author Gao Xingjian. A wonderful copy in As New condition, never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; Gao Xingjian's novel Soul Mountain followed a 10-month walking tour along the Yangtze River, taken after a misdiagnosis of deadly lung cancer. The author used the time wandering in search of his spiritual identity and afterwards returned to write Soul Mountain, a chron... more information

London: Flamingo. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0007170386 . A most handsome First UK Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author and Nobel Laureate Gao Xingjian directly on the title page; Six stories which blend the immediacy of the present with the haunting power of memory through fragile moments of love and life. Simplicity and wisdom abound in the lives of characters whose hopes and fears merge past an... more information

New York: Harper Collins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0066210828 . A handsome First US Edition/First Printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. The author Gao Xingjian is the first Chinese recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Published ten years after the original publication was issued in Chinese (Taipei). Translated from the Chinese by Mabel Lee; Gao Xingjian's novel Soul Mountain followed a 10-month walking tour along the Yangtze... more information