Can Xue draws the reader into a world of the grotesque and the surreal,of uncertain spaces and indeterminate identities,of sexual menace and psychological disorientation. These novellas are about life in post-Mao China,but not the China of social realism or of Western fantasy. At the forefront of China's new literary trends,these two novellas-"Yellow Mud Street" and "Old Floating Cloud"-explore Chinese reality through images of the absurd,sudden and illogical juxtapositions,and the limitless transformations induced by a unique imagination.
Publisher: Northwestern University PressISBN: 9780810109889Weight: 450 g
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