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Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather : Stories by Xingjian Gao; Mabel Lee is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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These six stories by Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian transport the reader to moments where the fragility of love and life, and the haunting power of memory, are beautifully unveiled. In "The Temple," the narrator's acute and mysterious anxiety overshadows the delirious happiness of an outing with his new wife on their honeymoon. In "The Cramp," a man narrowly escapes drowning in the sea, only to find that no one even noticed his absence. In the titlestory, the narrator attempts to relieve his homesickness only to find that he is lost in a labyrinth of childhood memories. Everywhere in this collection are powerful psychological portraits of characters whose unarticulated hopes and fears betray the never-ending presence of the past in their present lives.

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Author

Xingjian Gao; Mabel Lee

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780060575557

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories

Rating

3.25 / 5 (558 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14