02941nam 22006494a 450 991045066670332120210617012850.00-231-50892-110.7312/li--12874(CKB)1000000000445284(EBL)909333(OCoLC)826476586(SSID)ssj0000237337(PQKBManifestationID)11218356(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237337(PQKBWorkID)10188786(PQKB)10503905(MiAaPQ)EBC909333(DE-B1597)459062(OCoLC)213304811(OCoLC)979620117(DE-B1597)9780231508926(Au-PeEL)EBL909333(CaPaEBR)ebr10183375(CaONFJC)MIL853905(EXLCZ)99100000000044528420021025d2003 uy 0engur|n#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRetribution[electronic resource] the Jiling Chronicles /Li Yung-p'ing ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun LinNew York Columbia University Pressc20031 online resource (255 p.)Modern Chinese literature from TaiwanDescription based upon print version of record.0-231-12874-6 Front matter --Contents --Book 1. White Dress --Book Two Empty Doors --Book Three Chaos in Heaven --Book Four Raining FlowersRetribution opens with the raucous festivities surrounding the annual procession to honor the Bodhisattva Guanyin. Changsheng, the young wife of the local coffin maker Liu Laoshi, is raped while making an offering to Guanyin in the hope of increasing her chances of bearing a son. Changsheng hangs herself following the encounter, and Liu Laoshi exacts bloody vengeance on the rapist's own wife and favorite prostitute. This act of sexual violence and its retribution provide the narrative pivot around which is woven a web of interconnecting stories, whose characters and events provide divergent perspectives on the rape and its aftermath. The result is an unforgettable exploration of the intersections of sexual desire, sadism, folk belief, and the inexorable cycles of karmic retribution.Modern Chinese literature from Taiwan.RapeFictionLITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / GeneralbisacshElectronic books.RapeLITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General.895.1/352Li Yongping1947-1029974Goldblatt Howard1939-860350Lin Sylvia Li-chun1029975MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450666703321Retribution2446665UNINA