by QingyunWu (Translator), ThomasO.Beebee (Translator), Bai Hua (Author)
In altering chapers, the novel tells the stories of Sunamei, a young woman from a rural matriarchal community, and Lian Rui, a self-absorbed man who is also weary witness to the Cultural Revolution. Through his two protagonists, the author addresses themes of the repression and freedon of sexuality, the brutality of modernity, and the fluidity of gender roles as the novel moves hypnotically and inevitably toward a collision between two worlds.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 384
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 31 Jul 1994
ISBN 10: 0824816110
ISBN 13: 9780824816117