A Dictionary of Maqiao
Description:
In dictionary format, this novel follows a young man in the midst of Mao`s Cultural Revolution from the city to the village where he is relocated, juxtaposing Mao`s directives with the folklore of the country people.
Reviews...
Kirkus
(07/15/2003)
"[A] subtle and smashingly effective critique of the futility of totalitarian efforts to suppress language and thought--and, more to the point, a stunningly imaginative and absorbing work of fiction."
New York Times Book Review
(08/31/2003)
- by Wolff, Katherine
"In a book whose dominant theme is frustrated understanding, the translator, Julia Lovell, faced an especially important task; her preface, pronunciation guide and other aids contribute to the novel`s force in English....Cross-references abound, and slowly the novel emerges as one grand idiom. This is a meditation on the trapdoors of language and on the micro-histories buried within words."
Times Literary Supplement
(09/19/2003)
- by Wood, Frances
"The current vogue for publishing memoirs of oppressed Chinese women exploits [a] horrified fascination with exotic cruelty. Han Shaogong`s novel, clever, sympathetic and amused, is a good antidote to this. Julia Lovell`s translation is an impressive achievement, a fine reflection of a complex book."
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ISBN-10: 0231127448
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city & country
Chinese
Chinese Civil War
experimental, structure
