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Trees Without Wind
- A Novel
Af: Rui Li
Engelsk Paperback
Trees Without Wind
- A Novel
Af: Rui Li
Engelsk Paperback

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Unfolding in the tense years of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), Trees Without Wind takes place in a remote Shanxi village in which a rare affliction has left the residents physically stunted. Director Liu, an older revolutionary and local commune head, becomes embroiled in a power struggle with Zhang Weiguo, a young ideologue who believes he is the model of a true revolutionary. Complicating matters is a woman named Nuanyu, who, like Zhang Weiguo and Director Liu, is an outsider untouched by the village's disease. "Wedded" to all of the male villagers, Nuanyu lives a polyandrous lifestyle based on necessity and at odds with the puritanical idealism of the Cultural Revolution. The deformed villagers, representing the manipulated masses of China, become pawns in the Party representatives' factional infighting. Director Liu and Zhang Weiguo's explosive tug-of-war is part of a larger battle among politics, self-interest, and passion gripping a world undone by ideological extremism. A collectively told narrative powered by distinctive subjectivities, Trees Without Wind is a milestone in the fictional treatment of a horrific event.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
208
ISBN-13:
9780231162753
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0231162758
Udg. Dato:
18 dec 2012
Længde:
12mm
Bredde:
178mm
Højde:
142mm
Forlag:
Columbia University Press
Oplagsdato:
18 dec 2012
Forfatter(e):
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