City of the Dead and Song of the Night

by Gao Xingjian

Presented in English for the first time in this book are two plays by Gao Xingjian originally written in Chinese: City of the Dead and Song of the Night. City of the Dead is the first of Gao Xingjian's plays to focus fully on the male-female relationship. In this work, he transforms a wellknown ancient morality tale, "Zhuangzi Tests His Wife", which had been used to caution women against being unfaithful to their husbands,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9629966506
• ISBN13: 9789629966508
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.2" x 6.2"