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Description for The Last Lover
Paperback. From the sensational Chinese author who has been called "a new world master," a Kafkaesque novel set in a fictional Western nation Translator(s): Wasmoen, Annelise Finegan. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
From the sensational Chinese author who has been called “a new world master,” a Kafkaesque novel set in a fictional Western nation
Winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award for fiction, presented by Three Percent, a resource for international literature
“[A] mind-bending novel. . . . Xue succeeds in creating a unique, immersive, tale of ‘intersecting dreamworlds.’”—Publishers Weekly
In Can Xue’s extraordinary book, we encounter a full assemblage of husbands, wives, and lovers. Entwined in complicated, often tortuous relationships, these characters step into each other’s fantasies, carrying on conversations that are “forever ... Read more
From the sensational Chinese author who has been called “a new world master,” a Kafkaesque novel set in a fictional Western nation
Winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award for fiction, presented by Three Percent, a resource for international literature
“[A] mind-bending novel. . . . Xue succeeds in creating a unique, immersive, tale of ‘intersecting dreamworlds.’”—Publishers Weekly
In Can Xue’s extraordinary book, we encounter a full assemblage of husbands, wives, and lovers. Entwined in complicated, often tortuous relationships, these characters step into each other’s fantasies, carrying on conversations that are “forever ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Series
The Margellos World Republic of Letters
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300153323
SKU
V9780300153323
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Ref
99-1
About Can Xue
Can Xue, pseudonym of Deng Xiaohua, is the author of many novels, volumes of literary criticism, and short works of fiction. Formerly a tailor, she began writing fiction in 1983. The Last Lover is her second novel to appear in English. She lives in Beijing. Annelise Finegan Wasmoen, an editor and literary translator, is pursuing a Ph.D. in comparative literature ... Read more
Reviews for The Last Lover
“A maverick outsider, the Chinese writer Can Xue described herself in a recent interview as ‘an experimental novelist with a strongly philosophical temperament.’ True enough, but nothing in that bland label would prepare you for the mind-stretching enchantments of The Last Lover, one of the first of her large-scale works to appear in English. . . . Translated by Annelise ... Read more