Retribution : the Jiling Chronicles / Li Yung-p'ing ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblat...
Retribution : the Jiling Chronicles / Li Yung-p'ing ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblat...
Retribution : the Jiling Chronicles / Li Yung-p'ing ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin.
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, 2003.
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Date
2003.
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N895.1352/12
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Language
English
Chinese
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246 p. ; 21 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, 2003.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
"Retribution 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 attack, and Liu Laoshi exacts...
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Retribution : the Jiling Chronicles / Li Yung-p'ing ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin.
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Jiling Chronicles.
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Modern Chinese literature from Taiwan.
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N895.1352/12
Record Identifier
74Vv5dWJmxll
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ISBN
0231128746 (acid-free)
9780231128742
0231128746
9780231128742 (acid-free)
DDC
895.1352
MMS ID
991017615849702626
