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The World of a Tiny Insect

- A Memoir of the Taiping Rebellion and Its Aftermath
Af: Zhang Daye Engelsk Paperback

The World of a Tiny Insect

- A Memoir of the Taiping Rebellion and Its Aftermath
Af: Zhang Daye Engelsk Paperback
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"From the cry of a tiny insect, one can hear the sound of a vast world. . . ."

So begins Zhang Daye’s preface to The World of a Tiny Insect, his haunting memoir of war and its aftermath. In 1861, when China’s devastating Taiping rebellion began, Zhang was seven years old. The Taiping rebel army occupied Shaoxing, his hometown, and for the next two years, he hid from Taiping soldiers, local bandits, and imperial troops and witnessed gruesome scenes of violence and death. He lost friends and family and nearly died himself from starvation, illness, and encounters with soldiers on a rampage.

Written thirty years later, The World of a Tiny Insect gives voice to this history. A rare premodern Chinese literary work depicting a child’s perspective, Zhang’s sophisticated text captures the macabre images, paranoia, and emotional excess that defined his wartime experience and echoed through his adult life. The structure, content, and imagery of The World of a Tiny Insect offer a carefully constructed, fragmented narrative that skips in time and probes the relationships between trauma and memory, revealing both history and its psychic impact. Xiaofei Tian’s annotated translation includes an introduction that situates The World of a Tiny Insect in Chinese history and literature and explores the relevance of the book to the workings of traumatic memory.

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"From the cry of a tiny insect, one can hear the sound of a vast world. . . ."

So begins Zhang Daye’s preface to The World of a Tiny Insect, his haunting memoir of war and its aftermath. In 1861, when China’s devastating Taiping rebellion began, Zhang was seven years old. The Taiping rebel army occupied Shaoxing, his hometown, and for the next two years, he hid from Taiping soldiers, local bandits, and imperial troops and witnessed gruesome scenes of violence and death. He lost friends and family and nearly died himself from starvation, illness, and encounters with soldiers on a rampage.

Written thirty years later, The World of a Tiny Insect gives voice to this history. A rare premodern Chinese literary work depicting a child’s perspective, Zhang’s sophisticated text captures the macabre images, paranoia, and emotional excess that defined his wartime experience and echoed through his adult life. The structure, content, and imagery of The World of a Tiny Insect offer a carefully constructed, fragmented narrative that skips in time and probes the relationships between trauma and memory, revealing both history and its psychic impact. Xiaofei Tian’s annotated translation includes an introduction that situates The World of a Tiny Insect in Chinese history and literature and explores the relevance of the book to the workings of traumatic memory.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 208
ISBN-13: 9780295993188
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0295993189
Kategori: China
Udg. Dato: 1 feb 2014
Længde: 13mm
Bredde: 230mm
Højde: 151mm
Forlag: University of Washington Press
Oplagsdato: 1 feb 2014
Forfatter(e): Zhang Daye
Forfatter(e) Zhang Daye

Kategori China

ISBN-13 9780295993188

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 208

Udgave

Længde 13mm

Bredde 230mm

Højde 151mm

Udg. Dato 1 feb 2014

Oplagsdato 1 feb 2014

Forlag University of Washington Press