The Literature Of The People's Republic Of China Became Livelier And More Varied During The Thaw Of 1979-80 Than At Any Other Time Since The Revolution. Perry Link, Who Lived In China During That Period, Has Assembled The Most Representative Examples, As Well As Those Of Most Interest To Western Readers, Of Stubborn Weeds--the Writing That Would Not Die In Spite Of The Pressures Of The Cultural Revolution. The Volume Includes Fiction, Drama, Poetry, And Such Popular Performing Arts As Comedians' Dialogues And Clappertales. The Writers Range From The Prize-winning Jiang Zilong, To The Controversial Bai Hua, To University Students Who Wrote Under Pseudonyms In Unofficial Publications. These Works Reveal That Literary Conventions Were Stretched And Liberalized, In Both Technique And Content. In Addition To Exposing The Injustices Of The Cultural Revolution, The Writers Touch On Previously Heretical Topics Such As Suicide, Poverty, And The Corruption Of The Regime. Perry Link's Informative Introductions Trace The Byzantine Twists And Turns Of Literary Movements In Contemporary China And Place Them In A Societal Context. Because Of Its Rich Reflections Of Chinese Realities, Stubborn Weeds: Popular And Controversial Chinese Literature After The Cultural Revolution Will Interest Sociologists And Political Scientists As Well As Literary Scholars And General Readers, Who Will Welcomes These Authentic Views--back Cover. Short Stories. The Girl Who Seemed To Understand / Liu Zhen -- Nightmare--notes From A Mother's Hand / Xu Hui -- Maple / Zheng Yi -- What Should I Do? / Chen Guokai -- Cries From Death Row / Jin Yanhua And Wang Jingquan -- A Bundle Of Letters / Bai Hua -- Foundation / Jiang Zilong -- Two Stories From The Unofficial Press. The Little Egg Girl / Xiao Yi -- The Sea Does Not Belong To Us / An Dong -- Poetry. The Petitioner And His Dependents / Gong Liu -- A Short Stop ; One Generation ; Curve ; Feeling ; A Walk In The Rain / Gu Cheng -- ?.! ; Perhaps / Shu Ting -- Two Cents / Feng Yu -- The New Face Of Judas / Huang Yongyu -- Desert Scenes / Wang Zhongcai -- Discontent / Luo Gengye -- Blossoms On A Frosted Pane / He Xianquan -- Lost Identity ; Thinking Of You On New Year's Eve ; Temptation ; Five Sketches Of Student Life ; Street Scene / Qiu Xiaolong -- Drama. What If I Really Were? / Sha Yexin, Li Schoucheng, And Yao Mingde -- Popular Performing Arts. Comedians' Dialogues. Bureau Chief Bureau / Wei Qiping -- The Multi-level Hotel / Ma Ji -- The Tyrant Bids Farewell To His Mistress / Liu Ziyu -- Fast Clappertales. Interview In A Moscow Kindergarten ; Who's The Lucky One? / Liang Houmin -- Shandong Fast Tales. The Woolly Sheep / Li Hongji -- 'ear To The Wind' And 'endless Tongue' / Cao Shuyun -- Think It Over / Chen Jinbo And Liu Junquan. Edited By Perry Link. Ser. Statement From Jacket. Includes Bibliographical References.

Link, E. Perry (Eugene Perry), 1944-

edited by Perry Link

Quarry Books

Chinese literature in translation, Bloomington, ©1984

Book collections on Project MUSE, Bloomington, 1983

United States, United States of America

First Edition, 1984

December 1983

Ser. statement from cover.
"A Midland Book, MB 311."
Includes bibliographical references.

Includes bibliographical references.
Ser. statement from jacket.

292 p. ; 24 cm
Ser. statement from jacket
Includes bibliographical references

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