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Trees Without Wind: A Novel
Rui Li
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Description for Trees Without Wind: A Novel
Paperback. Translator(s): Balcom, John. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232. A Novel. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. 208 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 142 x 178 x 12. Weight: 232. Translator(s): Balcom, John.
Unfolding 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 ... Read more
Unfolding 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Weatherhead Books on Asia
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231162753
SKU
V9780231162753
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About Rui Li
Li Rui (b. 1950) began publishing his fiction in the mid-1970s and achieved national prominence in the late 1980s. He has won numerous literary awards in China, Taiwan, and Europe and is widely recognized as an important voice in contemporary Chinese literature. Among his books are Deep Earth, a collection of short stories, and the novels Silver City and No ... Read more
Reviews for Trees Without Wind: A Novel
Elegant and spare, Trees Without Wind is a valuable, authentic work that lays bare the corruption of the Cultural Revolution.
Alice Stephens Washington Independent Review of Books
Alice Stephens Washington Independent Review of Books