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There's nothing I can do when I think of you late at night
- Title
- There's nothing I can do when I think of you late at night / Cao Naiqian ; translated by John Balcom.
- Author
- Cao, Naiqian, 1949-
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2009], ©2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PL2932.A683 D3613 2009 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Balcom, John.
- Description
- xiv, 232 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "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."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Weatherhead books on Asia
- Uniform Title
- Dao hei yi xiang ni mei ban fa. English
- Weatherhead books on Asia.
- Alternative Title
- Dao hei yi xiang ni mei ban fa.
- Subject
- Shanxi Sheng (China) > Social life and customs > Fiction
- Note
- Translated from the Chinese.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9780231148108 (alk. paper)
- 0231148100 (alk. paper)
- 9780231519731 (ebook)
- 0231519737 (ebook)
- LCCN
- 2008040954
- OCLC
- ocn253844591
- 253844591
- SCSB-5474027
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries