On Literature
Excerpt from an essay on literature by Gao Xingjian after the publishing of “Soul Mountain (靈山)”:-
“Literature is not concerned with politics but is purely a matter of the individual. It is the gratification of the intellect together with an observation, a review of what has been experienced, reminiscences and feelings or the portrayal of a state of mind.
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