Soul Mountain, by Gao Xingjian, (1st American Ed. 2000) 528 pgs. Okay, the Nobel Prize was probably fitting, as I've never come across a book like this: written in first and in contrast second person narrative as well. It was difficult and ambivalent to say the least, but left some great impressions of Chinese culture and landscape. I certainily did not give it the depth of study that the work deserves. I think that I was "Lost in Translation" (from Chinese to English) as well... maybe some other time I'll be able to follow it.
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