Buying A Fishing Rod For My Grandfather by Gao Xingjian

Buying A Fishing Rod For My Grandfather by Gao XingjianFrom China's first ever winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature comes an exquisite new book of fictions, none of which has ever been published before in English. A young couple on honeymoon visit a beautiful temple up in the mountains, and spend the day intoxicated by the tranquillity of the setting; a swimmer is paralysed by a sudden cramp and finds himself stranded far out to sea on a cold autumn day; a man reminisces about his beloved grandfather,

how you call to me

including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer

• Powerful questions to effectively self-assess

his actors and collaborators

But one night she catches two cases she doesn't want to part with: the brutal beating of a prostitute left for dead in a parking lot and the killing of a young woman in a nightclub shooting

and the perfection of clocks

Inside the pages of this in-depth yoga book for mums

radiates peace and showers blessings on devotees who come to pay their respects from all over the world

'The Diary of a Superfluous Man' was initially censored by the authorities

You cannot get rich without owning your own risk and paying for your own losses

envisioning a prosperous future

What they certainly don't expect to see at the door is a big furry