Feathered Serpent : A Novel
by
Xu Xiaobin
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1416583815
ISBN-13
9781416583813
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Imprint
Washington Square Press Inc.,N.Y.
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 16th, 2010
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
394 grams
Dimensions
22.20 x 14.60 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
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A spellbinding novel following five generations of a Chinese family from the dying stage of the Qing Dynasty of 1890s to the 1990s
In this epic family history, Xiaobin portrays women across five generations with Yu(feather) as the central character whose life story is weaved through the lives of her grandmother, mother, sisters and niece. After committing two unforgivable sins, Yu is sent away from her parents to live with a woman named Jinwu but is soon abandoned by her as well. Yu hopes to redeem herself from her ''original sins'' and gain forgiveness from her mother. Her life is a quest for love, fragile but resilient, lonely but determined.
One of the foremost works of Chinese fiction literature of the 20th century,Feathered Serpentsatirizes and criticizes the totalitarian regime of Chinese Communism. To avoid and survive the fierce government censorship that governs all publications in the People''s Republic of China, Xu Xiaobin masterfully created an atmosphere where the distinction between past and present is blurred; memories of previous and present lives are intertwined; and realities and illusions are fused.
One of the foremost works of Chinese fiction literature of the 20th century,Feathered Serpentsatirizes and criticizes the totalitarian regime of Chinese Communism. To avoid and survive the fierce government censorship that governs all publications in the People''s Republic of China, Xu Xiaobin masterfully created an atmosphere where the distinction between past and present is blurred; memories of previous and present lives are intertwined; and realities and illusions are fused.
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