The Case for Literature, by Gao Xingjian

Our reading group on Gao Xingjian’s novel Soul Mountain begins with a preliminary talk about his Nobel Prize acceptance essay, “The Case for Literature” (and related texts from his volume of essays by the same name.) In subsequent meetings, we’ll get further into the novel itself.
Participants:
Doug Duff
Marco V Morelli
Dona Abbadi
John Davis
Recorded: April 4, 2018