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Retribution : the Jiling Chronicles / Li Yung-p'ing ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin.
LIBRA PL2877.Y89 J5413 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Li, Yongping, 1947-
- Series:
- Modern Chinese literature from Taiwan
- Standardized Title:
- Jiling chun qiu. English
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rape--Fiction.
- Rape.
- China--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- China.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 246 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Centered around the prostitution industry in a rural Chinese community, "Retribution" presents a compelling exploration of the intersections of sexual desire, sadism, folk belief, and the inexorable cycles of karmic retribution.
- Contents:
- Book 1. White Dress 1
- In Great Blessings Lane 3
- Sun Showers 34
- Red Sky Ballad 55
- Book 2. Empty Doors 71
- Worldly Affairs 73
- Lamp 90
- Eleven's Mother 108
- Book 3. Chaos in Heaven 129
- Snake Enmity 131
- A Wonderful Spring Rain 156
- Night in a Desolate Town 173
- Book 4. Raining Flowers 197
- Flood 199
- Yearning 212
- Flowers Rain from the Sky 227.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0231128746
- OCLC:
- 50906334
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