LEADER 03654nam 2200673 450 001 9910826807803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-53104-4 024 7 $a10.7312/li--16274 035 $a(CKB)2670000000324809 035 $a(EBL)1072681 035 $a(OCoLC)827212746 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000834331 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11460192 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000834331 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10981521 035 $a(PQKB)11257772 035 $a(DE-B1597)459063 035 $a(OCoLC)1013960096 035 $a(OCoLC)979683184 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231531047 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1072681 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10956824 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL563152 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1072681 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000324809 100 $a20141029h20132013 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTrees without wind $ea novel /$fLi Rui ; translated by John Balcom 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (205 p.) 225 1 $aWeatherhead Books on Asia 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-16275-8 327 $tFrontmatter --$tTRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. Trees Without Wind: Anatomy of a Revolution --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$t1 --$t2 --$t3 --$t4 --$t5 --$t6 --$t7 --$t8 --$t9 --$t10 --$t11 --$t12 --$t13 --$t14 --$t15 --$t16 --$t17 --$t18 --$t19 --$t20 --$t21 --$t22 --$t23 --$t24 --$t25 --$t26 --$t27 --$t28 --$t29 --$t30 --$t31 --$t32 --$t33 --$t34 --$t35 --$t36 --$t37 --$t38 --$t39 --$t40 --$t41 --$t42 --$t43 --$t44 --$t45 --$t46 --$t47 --$t48 --$t49 --$t50 --$t51 --$t52 --$t53 --$t54 --$t55 --$t56 --$t57 --$t58 --$t59 --$t60 --$t61 --$t62 --$t63 --$tBackmatter 330 $aUnfolding in the tense years of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), Trees Without Wind takes place in a remote Shanxi village in which a rare affliction has left the residents physically stunted. Director Liu, an older revolutionary and local commune head, becomes embroiled in a power struggle with Zhang Weiguo, a young ideologue who believes he is the model of a true revolutionary. Complicating matters is a woman named Nuanyu, who, like Zhang Weiguo and Director Liu, is an outsider untouched by the village's disease. "Wedded" to all of the male villagers, Nuanyu lives a polyandrous lifestyle based on necessity and at odds with the puritanical idealism of the Cultural Revolution. The deformed villagers, representing the manipulated masses of China, become pawns in the Party representatives' factional infighting. Director Liu and Zhang Weiguo's explosive tug-of-war is part of a larger battle among politics, self-interest, and passion gripping a world undone by ideological extremism. A collectively told narrative powered by distinctive subjectivities, Trees Without Wind is a milestone in the fictional treatment of a horrific event. 410 0$aWeatherhead books on Asia. 606 $aAbnormalities, Human$vFiction 606 $aElectronic books 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / General$2bisacsh 607 $aChina$xHistory$yCultural Revolution, 1966-1976$vFiction 615 0$aAbnormalities, Human 615 0$aElectronic books. 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / General. 676 $a895.1352 700 $aLi$b Rui$f1950-$01678824 702 $aBalcom$b John 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826807803321 996 $aTrees without wind$94046712 997 $aUNINA