LEADER 02941nam 22006494a 450 001 9910450666703321 005 20210617012850.0 010 $a0-231-50892-1 024 7 $a10.7312/li--12874 035 $a(CKB)1000000000445284 035 $a(EBL)909333 035 $a(OCoLC)826476586 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000237337 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218356 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237337 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10188786 035 $a(PQKB)10503905 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC909333 035 $a(DE-B1597)459062 035 $a(OCoLC)213304811 035 $a(OCoLC)979620117 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231508926 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL909333 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10183375 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL853905 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000445284 100 $a20021025d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRetribution$b[electronic resource] $ethe Jiling Chronicles /$fLi Yung-p'ing ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 225 1 $aModern Chinese literature from Taiwan 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-231-12874-6 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tBook 1. White Dress --$tBook Two Empty Doors --$tBook Three Chaos in Heaven --$tBook Four Raining Flowers 330 $aRetribution opens with the raucous festivities surrounding the annual procession to honor the Bodhisattva Guanyin. Changsheng, the young wife of the local coffin maker Liu Laoshi, is raped while making an offering to Guanyin in the hope of increasing her chances of bearing a son. Changsheng hangs herself following the encounter, and Liu Laoshi exacts bloody vengeance on the rapist's own wife and favorite prostitute. This act of sexual violence and its retribution provide the narrative pivot around which is woven a web of interconnecting stories, whose characters and events provide divergent perspectives on the rape and its aftermath. The result is an unforgettable exploration of the intersections of sexual desire, sadism, folk belief, and the inexorable cycles of karmic retribution. 410 0$aModern Chinese literature from Taiwan. 606 $aRape$vFiction 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General$2bisacsh 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRape 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General. 676 $a895.1/352 700 $aLi$b Yongping$f1947-$01029974 701 $aGoldblatt$b Howard$f1939-$0860350 701 $aLin$b Sylvia Li-chun$01029975 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450666703321 996 $aRetribution$92446665 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01320nas 2200409- 450 001 9910132796903321 005 20230804213019.0 011 $a2767-2727 035 $a(OCoLC)701546252 035 $a(CKB)3390000000023386 035 $a(CONSER)--2021220102 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000023386 100 $a19871216b19161921 --- a 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aCayton's weekly 210 1$aSeattle, Wash. :$cH.R. Cayton 215 $a1 online resource (volumes) 300 $a"A publication of general information, but in the main voicing the sentiments of Colored Citizens." 300 $aEditor: Horace Roscoe Cayton, . 311 $a2158-4699 606 $aAfrican Americans$zWashington (State)$zSeattle$vNewspapers 606 $aAfrican Americans$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00799558 607 $aSeattle (Wash.)$vNewspapers 607 $aWashington (State)$zSeattle$2fast 608 $aNewspapers$2fast 615 0$aAfrican Americans 615 7$aAfrican Americans. 676 $a071.3 702 $aCayton$b Horace Roscoe$f1859-1940, 906 $aJOURNAL 912 $a9910132796903321 996 $aCayton's weekly$91901412 997 $aUNINA