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Sound and silence : my experience with China and literature / Yan Lianke ; translated by Carlos Rojas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yan, Lianke, 1958- author.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Sinotheory
- Standardized Title:
- Chen mo yu chuan xi. English
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yan, Lianke, 1958---Authorship.
- Yan, Lianke.
- Chinese literature--History and criticism.
- Chinese literature.
- Criticism--China.
- Criticism.
- Genre:
- Lectures.
- Essays.
- Speeches.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 174 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- "Yan Lianke is a renowned writer of novels, short stories, and essays who became prominent in contemporary Chinese literature through works of fiction and literary criticism in the late 1990s. Yan's writing is provocative and nuanced, engaging Chinese history to highlight the reality of life for the people of China and to analyze the country's contributions to a worldwide literary canon. Working against increasing publication restrictions in China, Yan has sought out publishing opportunities in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and in translations from presses around the world. Sound and Silence, inspired by a series of lectures Yan gave during a North American tour and a 2014 acceptance speech for the Franz Kafka prize, encapsulates the author's groundbreaking perspectives on life, writing, and literary history. In these essays, Yan Lianke discusses how he understands his literary project, and particularly the role of literature as social commentary"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Translator's introduction / Carlos Rojas
- Author's note
- He who has been selected by heaven and life to appreciate darkness
- National amnesia and literary memory
- The abjection of alt China and its literature
- The wild child that is American literature
- My thoughts on literary censorship and controversy
- My literary review book
- The distinctiveness of writing in China
- Fear and betrayal have accompanied me throughout my life
- Writing under a sky of concentrated power and relative laxity
- Living without dignity, but writing with honor
- My ideal Is simply to write a novel that I think is good
- A village's China and literature
- Afterword: Ripping open the dreamscape.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Yan, Lianke, 1958- Chen mo yu chuan xi. English. Sound and silence.
- ISBN:
- 9781478059387
- 1478059389
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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