Ruined City: A Novel (Volume 5) (Chinese Literature Today Book Series)

Synopsis

Jia Pingwa Introduces Readers To His Novel's Antihero Zhuang Zhidie, A Famous Contemporary Writer And An Infamous Lothario, Who Struggles With His Own Exacting Artistic And Literary Standards, His Celebrity, And His Inevitable Disappointment In His Various Sexual Liaisons. A Cautionary Tale Of What It Means To Live In Rapidly-changing China And The Trappings Of Nostalgia, An Unrequited Romanticism For China's Pre-modern, Rural Past -- Jia Pingwa ; Translated By Howard Goldblatt. Published In Chinese As Fei Du (xianggang : Tian Di Tu Shu You Xian Gong Si ; Jiulong : Fa Xing Li Tong Tu Shu You Xian Gong Si, 1993).