Screen LibraryRuined city : a novel /
"Jia Pingwa introduces readers to his novel's antihero Zhuang Zhidie, a famous contemporary writer and an infamous lothario, who struggles with his own exacting artistic and literary standards, his "celebrity", and his inevitable disappointment in his various sexual liaisons. A c...
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| Published: |
University of Oklahoma Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Norman : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English Chinese |
| Series: |
Chinese literature today book series ;
volume 5 |
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| Summary: |
"Jia Pingwa introduces readers to his novel's antihero Zhuang Zhidie, a famous contemporary writer and an infamous lothario, who struggles with his own exacting artistic and literary standards, his "celebrity", and his inevitable disappointment in his various sexual liaisons. A cautionary tale of what it means to live in rapidly-changing China and the trappings of nostalgia, an unrequited romanticism for China's pre-modern, rural past"-- |
| Item Description: |
Published in Chinese as Fei du (Xianggang : Tian di tu shu you xian gong si ; Jiulong : Fa xing Li tong tu shu you xian gong si, 1993). Translated from the Chinese. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 520 pages ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780806151731 0806151730 |
| Index Number: | PL2843 |
| CLC: | I247.5 |
| Call Number: | I247.5/J611-1 |