Four concubines compete for the sexual attentions of their master in a stifling 1930s rural clan house in a collection of three novellas that explore the complex relationships between women and men. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.[...]
Set during the fall-out of the Cultural Revolution, these bizarre and delicate stories capture the collision of the old China of vanished dynasties, with communism and today's tiger economy. The mad woman on the bridge wears a historical gown which she refuses to take off. In the height of summer sh[...]
Disgraced Secretary Ku has been banished from the Party - it has been officially proved he does not have a fish-shaped birthmark on his bottom and is therefore not the son of a revolutionary martyr, but the issue of a river pirate and a prostitute. Mocked by the citizens of Milltown, Secretary Ku le[...]
In Peach Village, crying is forbidden. But as a child, Binu never learnt to hide her tears. Shunned by the villagers, she faced a bleak future, until she met Qiliang, an orphan who offered her his hand in marriage. Then one day Qiliang disappears.[...]
Binu växer upp i en omgivning där gråten är förbjuden, men hon har aldrig lyckats att hålla tårarna tillbaka. Byborna vänder henne ryggen och först när den föräldralöse Qiliang räcker henne sin hand och friar till henne får horisonten ett annat ljus.
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