Written as the ludicrous and disturbing ramblings of an errant, pseudo-intellectual urbanite secluding himself from the underworld in an impoverished coastal village of Taiwan in the early 1960s, this novel prompted the first critical discussion of postmodernism in Chinese fiction and still stands as the most provocative and innovative narrative published in Taiwan over the past two decades.
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ISBN
9780939657674
Publisert
2011-04-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Cornell University East Asia Program
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
165 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Oversetter

Biographical note

Edward Gunn is Professor of Modern Chinese Literature, Asian Studies department, Cornell University.