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The butcher's wife

Li Ang ; translated form the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt and Ellen Yeung

(Penguin books, fiction)

Penguin Books, 1991

Other Title

Sha Fu

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Note

"First published in Taiwan, under the title Sha Fu, 1983"--T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Li Shi, a young peasant woman, is forced into an arranged marriage with a sadistic butcher. Brutalized by her husband, she is driven to madness and finally homicide. Based on a real murder in Shanghai in the 1930s, this novel won the Taiwanese Prize.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA24468554
  • ISBN
    • 0140130918
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    chi
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    142 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
  • Classification
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