Brocade Valley
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Contributions
- Chen, Maiping. - Contributor
- McDougall, Bonnie S., 1941- - Contributor
Publication
1992 - New Directions, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
30,750 words, Guess
Page Count
123 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1716124M
- ISBN-100811212246
- OCLC Control Number26013517
- OCLC Control Numberbrocadevalley00wang
- Library of Congress Control Number92018529
and 2 more
- Goodreads987760
- LibraryThing1205356
Classifications
- DDC895.1/352
- LCCPL2919.A58 C4713 1992
Description
"One of a trilogy of novellas addressing the theme of women in extramarital affairs, Brocade Valley shocked China when it appeared in 1987, becoming a bestseller and effectively dynamiting the sexual puritanism of official Chinese writing. It is only in Brocade Valley, the third and most controversial of the series, that the sexually adventurous woman is not punished for her activities. On the contrary, she is awarded a highly modern prize: a new sense of self which enables her to author her own story, the story of a young married editor who has a passing but liberating affair with a famous writer. Wang Anyi brings to her heroine the device of a triple perspective - narrator, protagonist, projection. The special interior tone which results, pitched to Wang Anyi's delicately circling style, allows the reader an intimate, insider's eye-view of a surprising China and creates a resonant novella of unusual beauty."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Genres
- Fiction.
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