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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783407603321

Autore

Chen Ruoxi <1938->

Titolo

The Execution of Mayor Yin and Other Stories from the Great                Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Revised Edition [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-282-07129-7

0-253-11094-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GoldblattHoward <1939->

Disciplina

895.1/352

Soggetti

Chen, Ruoxi

China - History - Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 - Fiction

East Asian Languages & Literatures

Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; TOC; Editor's Preface to the Revised Edition; Introduction to the Revised Edition by Perry Link; The Execution of Mayor Yin; Jingjing's Birthday; Night Duty; Residency Check; Ren Xiulan; The Big Fish; Geng Er in Beijing; Nixon's Press Corps

Sommario/riassunto

Praise for the first edition:""... in the great                tradition of Orwell and Solzhenitsyn; its true subject is the survival -- and                sometimes the defeat -- of the human spirit in its lonely quest for integrity.""                -- Time""The almost childlike directness of Chen's tales... is                captured in the very lightly revised translations of this new edition... Highly                recommended."" -- ChoiceA classic of modern world literature, this                collection of stories provides a vivid and poignant eyewitness view o