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title: "Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather: Stories"
brand: "gao xingjian"
price: "€ 30.38"
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reviews_count: 8
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# Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather: Stories

**Brand:** gao xingjian
**Price:** € 30.38
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- **What is this?** Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather: Stories by gao xingjian
- **How much does it cost?** € 30.38 with free shipping
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Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather: Stories

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## Customer Reviews

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    Riddles that have to be re-read carefully
  

*by L***I on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 31, 2014*

One has to get used to the style. The short stories go back and forth between dream, real dialogue, description of the surroundings, without advising the reader. I only enjoyed the stories after my Asian Studies professor explained them to us. Then it was a pleasure to reread them. Like a short puzzle.The titular story talks about environment degradation, but it makes you feel it, without preaching. We all have experienced, like this middle-class Chinese man, the disappearance of the villages we used to play in. We have all seen inexplicable tears in the eyes of our grandparents, who cannot fish on a lake of cement. The mix of surrealism with plain talk makes this story haunting.Hint: look up the city of LouLan, and what happened to Mexico City, when you read the story.

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    six trips in one-go
  

*by L***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 4, 2013*

I chose a stories book. And it was worth it. The experience is similar to taking six trips in one-go. The author is an excellent guide. He will take you to "The Temple", which is a projection of a shield to protect the happiness of newlyweds against persistent anxiety. "The Cramp" is pointing at the fragility of life illustrated by a swimmer's fight for life and the awakening awareness of he's unnoticed absence and struggle.  The "Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather" is an attempt to relieve homesickness. More on http://lovevonbeautyvonlove.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/my-chinese-lessons-by-gao-xingjian/

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    I loved the first story
  

*by A***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 8, 2014*

These are intriguing stories written by a Chinese writer who eventually claimed French citizenship. The stories take place in China. I loved the first story,  "Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather." A story about respect and nostalgia. Worth re-reading. Gao's style is simple, bare-boned, meditative evocative. I recommend this little volume to anyone interested in this talented writer of "Soul Mountain" who won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 2000. Elizabeth

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