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Sandalwood Death, 2
This powerful novel by Mo Yan--one of contemporary China's most famous and prolific writers--is both a stirring...
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This powerful novel by Mo Yan--one of contemporary China's most famous and prolific writers--is both a stirring love story and an unsparing critique of political corruption during the final years of the Qing Dynasty, China's last imperial epoch.
Sandalwood Death is set during the Boxer Rebellion (1898-1901)--an anti-imperialist struggle waged by North China's farmers and craftsmen in opposition to Western influence. Against a broad historical canvas, the novel centers on the interplay between its female protagonist, Sun Meiniang, and the three paternal figures in her life. One of these men is her biological father, Sun Bing, an opera virtuoso and a leader of the Boxer Rebellion. As the bitter events surrounding the revolt unfold, we watch Sun Bing march toward his cruel fate, the gruesome "sandalwood punishment," whose purpose, as in crucifixions, is to keep the condemned individual alive in mind-numbing pain as long as possible.
Filled with the sensual imagery and lacerating expressions for which Mo Yan is so celebrated, Sandalwood Death brilliantly exhibits a range of artistic styles, from stylized arias and poetry to the antiquated idiom of late Imperial China to contemporary prose. Its starkly beautiful language is here masterfully rendered into English by renowned translator Howard Goldblatt.
Author: Mo Yan
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 11/15/2012
Pages: 424
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780806143392
Award: IndieFab awards - Gold Medal Winner
Review Citation(s):
Shelf Awareness 12/11/2012
Publishers Weekly 12/17/2012
New York Times Book Review 02/03/2013 pg. 1
Library Journal 03/01/2013 pg. 72
New York Times Book Review 02/10/2013 pg. 26
Library Journal 04/01/2013 pg. 47
About the Author
Goldblatt, Howard: - Howard Goldblatt is an award-winning translator of numerous works of contemporary Chinese literature, including seven novels by Mo Yan, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature.Mo Yan: -
Mo Yan (literally, "don't speak") is the pen name of Guan Moye. Born in 1955 in Gaomi, Shandong province, he is the author of ten novels and more than seventy short stories. Mo Yan is the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature and the 2009 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature.
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