Retribution : the Jiling Chronicles /
Retribution opens with the raucous festivities surrounding the annual procession to honor the Bodhisattva Guanyin. Changsheng, the young wife of the local coffin maker Liu Laoshi, is raped while making an offering to Guanyin in the hope of increasing her chances of bearing a son. Changsheng hangs he...
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| Uniform title: | Jiling chun qiu. |
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Goldblatt, Howard, 1939- translator. Lin, Sylvia Li-chun, translator. |
| Natura: | eBook Elettronico |
| Lingua: | English Chinese |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Imprint: | New York : Columbia University Press, [2003] |
| Serie: | Modern Chinese literature from Taiwan.
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| Accesso online: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |