03688nam 2200685 450 991046281580332120200520144314.00-231-53104-410.7312/li--16274(CKB)2670000000324809(EBL)1072681(OCoLC)827212746(SSID)ssj0000834331(PQKBManifestationID)11460192(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000834331(PQKBWorkID)10981521(PQKB)11257772(MiAaPQ)EBC1072681(DE-B1597)459063(OCoLC)1013960096(OCoLC)979683184(DE-B1597)9780231531047(Au-PeEL)EBL1072681(CaPaEBR)ebr10956824(CaONFJC)MIL563152(EXLCZ)99267000000032480920141029h20132013 uy 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrTrees without wind a novel /Li Rui ; translated by John BalcomNew York :Columbia University Press,2013.©20131 online resource (205 p.)Weatherhead Books on AsiaDescription based upon print version of record.0-231-16275-8 Frontmatter --TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. Trees Without Wind: Anatomy of a Revolution --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --1 --2 --3 --4 --5 --6 --7 --8 --9 --10 --11 --12 --13 --14 --15 --16 --17 --18 --19 --20 --21 --22 --23 --24 --25 --26 --27 --28 --29 --30 --31 --32 --33 --34 --35 --36 --37 --38 --39 --40 --41 --42 --43 --44 --45 --46 --47 --48 --49 --50 --51 --52 --53 --54 --55 --56 --57 --58 --59 --60 --61 --62 --63 --BackmatterUnfolding 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.Weatherhead books on Asia.Abnormalities, HumanFictionElectronic booksLITERARY CRITICISM / GeneralbisacshChinaHistoryCultural Revolution, 1966-1976FictionElectronic books.Abnormalities, HumanElectronic books.LITERARY CRITICISM / General.895.1352Li Rui1950-1046923Balcom JohnMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462815803321Trees without wind2474201UNINA