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Editorial Reviews
Sung-Sheng Yvonne Chang, University of Texas, Austin
"The First English Publication of this important novel... [is] a major event in the scholarly community of Chinese literary studies."
Book Description
Wang Wen-hsing caused a sensation in Taiwan in 1972 with publication of Family Catastrophe, his first full-length novel. Many critics were outraged, called it socially irresponsible, morally corrupt, and stylistically irrational, but the novel weathered its controversial reception to become what is now widely regarded as a masterpiece in modern Chinese fiction and the benchmark of Taiwan's Modernist movement. Often described as Joycean, Family Catastrophe is significant for its stylistic and linguistic experimentation as well as for its disturbing and universal themes. It appears now in English for the first time.
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"The First English Publication of this important novel... [is] a major event in the scholarly community of Chinese literary studies."
Book Description
Wang Wen-hsing caused a sensation in Taiwan in 1972 with publication of Family Catastrophe, his first full-length novel. Many critics were outraged, called it socially irresponsible, morally corrupt, and stylistically irrational, but the novel weathered its controversial reception to become what is now widely regarded as a masterpiece in modern Chinese fiction and the benchmark of Taiwan's Modernist movement. Often described as Joycean, Family Catastrophe is significant for its stylistic and linguistic experimentation as well as for its disturbing and universal themes. It appears now in English for the first time.
See all Editorial Reviews
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- Modern Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies in the Age of Theory: Reimagining a Field (boundary 2 book) by Christopher Lupke on 12 pages
- Literary Culture in Taiwan: Martial Law to Market Law by Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang on page 156, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Chinese Literature in the Second Half of a Modern Century by Pang-yuan Chi in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature by Joseph S. M. Lau in Front Matter