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Wang Xiaobo Golden Age (Hardback). 'Apparently, there was a rumour that Chen Qingyang and I were having an affair. I said, to prove our innocence, we must prove one of the following: 1. Chen Qingyang is a virgin; 2. I was born without a penis. Further DetailsTitle: Golden Age Condition: New Description: Like Gary Shteyngart or Michel Houellebecq, Wang Xiaobo is a Chinese literary icon whose satire forces us to reconsider the ironies of history. 'Apparently, there was a rumour that Chen Qingyang and I were having an affair. She wanted me to prove our innocence. I said, to prove our innocence, we must prove one of the following: 1. Chen Qingyang is a virgin; 2. I was born without a penis. Both of these propositions were hard to prove, therefore, we couldn't prove our innocence. In fact, I was leaning more toward proving that we weren't innocent.' And so begins Wang Er's story of his long affair with Chen Qinyang. Wang Er, a 21-year-old ox herder, is shamed by the local authorities and forced to write a confession for his crimes but instead, takes it upon himself to write a modernist literary tract. Later, as a lecturer at a chaotic, newly built university, Wang Er navigates the bureaucratic maze of 1980's China, boldly writing about the Cultural Revolution's impact on his life and those around him. Finally, alone and humbled, Wang Er must come to terms with the banality of his own existence. But what makes this novel both hilarious and important is Xiaobo's use of the awkwardness of sex as a metaphor for all that occurred during the Cultural Revolution. This achievement was revolutionary in China and places Golden Age in the great pantheon of novels that argue against governmental control. A leading icon of his generation, Wang Xiaobo's cerebral and sarcastic narrative is a reflectionon the failures of individuals and the enormous political, social, and personal changes in 20th century China. Author: Wang Xiaobo EAN: 9781662601217 Country/Region of Manufacture: US Contributor: Yan Yan (Translated by) ISBN: 9781662601217 Publisher: Astra House Format: Hardback Language: English Item Height: 210mm Item Length: 140mm Genre: Fiction Subtitle: A Novel Release Date: 07/26/2022 Translator: Yan Yan Release Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
