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Trees Without Wind eBook

A Novel

de Rui Li
idioma: inglês
Editor: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, dezembro de 2012 ‧
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Unfolding in the tense years of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), Trees Without Wind takes place in a remote Shanxi village in which a rare affliction has left the residents physically stunted. Director Liu, an older revolutionary and local commune head, becomes embroiled in a power struggle with Zhang Weiguo, a young ideologue who believes he is the model of a true revolutionary. Complicating matters is a woman named Nuanyu, who, like Zhang Weiguo and Director Liu, is an outsider untouched by the village''s disease. "Wedded" to all of the male villagers, Nuanyu lives a polyandrous lifestyle based on necessity and at odds with the puritanical idealism of the Cultural Revolution.

The deformed villagers, representing the manipulated masses of China, become pawns in the Party representatives'' factional infighting. Director Liu and Zhang Weiguo''s explosive tug-of-war is part of a larger battle among politics, self-interest, and passion gripping a world undone by ideological extremism. A collectively told narrative powered by distinctive subjectivities, Trees Without Wind is a milestone in the fictional treatment of a horrific event.

Trees Without Wind

A Novel

de Rui Li

Propriedade Descrição
ISBN: 9780231531047
Editor: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Data de Lançamento: dezembro de 2012
Idioma: Inglês
Tipo de produto: eBook
Formato e Compatibilidade:
Coleção: Weatherhead Books On Asia
Classificação Temática: eBooks em Inglês > Literatura > Ensaios
eBooks em Inglês > Literatura > Ficção
eBooks em Inglês > Literatura > História da Literatura
eBooks em Inglês > Dicionários e Enciclopédias > Outras Línguas
EAN: 9780231531047
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