There's nothing I can do when I think of you late at night
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There's nothing I can do when I think of you late at night
(Weatherhead books on Asia)
Columbia University Press, c2009
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Dao hei yi xiang ni mei ban fa
There's nothing I can do : when I think of you late at night
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Translated from the Chinese
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Set among a remote cluster of cave dwellings in Shanxi province, There's Nothing I Can Do When I Think of You Late at Night is a genre-defying expose of rural communism. In a series of vivid, interlocking vignettes, several narrators speak of adultery, bestiality, incest, and vice, revealing the consequences of desire in a world of necessity. The Wen Clan Caves are based on an isolated village where the author, Cao Naiqian, lived during the Cultural Revolution. The land is hard and unforgiving and the people suffer in poverty and ignorance. Through the individual perspectives of the Wen Clan denizens, a complete portrait of village life takes shape. Dark yet lyrical, Cao's snapshots range from pastoral stories of childhood innocence to shocking accounts of brutality and terror. His work echoes William Faulkner's Go Down, Moses and Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, yet the author's depictions of elemental passions and regional mores make the book entirely his own.
Celebrated for its economy of expression, flashes of humor, and an emphasis on understatement rarely found in Chinese fiction, There's Nothing I Can Do When I Think of You Late at Night is an excellent introduction to the power and craft of Cao Naiqian. His vivid personalities and unflinching realism herald the haunting work of an original literary force.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Austere Lyricism of Cao Naiqian, by John Balcom The In-law Women Leng Er's Madness In a Nest of Oat Straw Uncle Pothook Men Thieves Widow San Dog Party Leng Er, Leng Er Lucky Ox Eating Cakes Old Guiju Danwa Heinu and Her Andi Sun-Drenched Nest The Woman of the Zhu Household Lucky Ox, Lucky Ox Heavenly Sun The Graveyard Shift Dog, Dog Chou Bang Herds Sheep The Taste of Oat Flour Wen Shan's Woman Old Yinyin Watching the Fields Old Guiju and His White Neck Flushing out Ground Squirrels Corncob
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