| Bai: The Remote Country Paper Contributor(s): Bai, Hua (Author), Wu, Qingyun (Translator), Beebee, Thomas O. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0824816110 ISBN-13: 9780824816117 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1994 Annotation: Through his two protagonists, Bai Hua addresses themes of the repression and freedom of sexuality, the brutality of modernity, and the fluidity of gender roles as the novel moves hypnotically and inevitably toward a collision between two worlds. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 94009956 |
| Lexile Measure: 860 |
| Series: Fiction from Modern China |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 4.9" W x 7.9" (0.95 lbs) 386 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In altering chapers, the novel tells the stories of Sunamei, a young woman from a rural matriarchal community, and Lian Rui, a self-absorbed man who is also weary witness to the Cultural Revolution. Through his two protagonists, the author addresses themes of the repression and freedon of sexuality, the brutality of modernity, and the fluidity of gender roles as the novel moves hypnotically and inevitably toward a collision between two worlds. |