Anyi Wang
Författare till The Song of Everlasting Sorrow
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Wang Anyi is a prominent writer among the "Seeking Roots" group. The daughter of the fiction writer Ju Chih-chuan, Wang Anyi grew up in Shanghai, China. Like so many others of her generation, she had her education cut short in 1969 when she was sent to do farm labor on a commune in the backward visa mer northern part of Anhwei Province. In 1972 her fortunes improved when she was relocated to northern Kiangsu to the city of Hsu-chou, where she became part of a cultural troupe. She began to publish short stories in 1976, while she was still away from home. Wang Anyi was allowed to return to Shanghai in 1978, and she found a position as editor of the magazine Childhood. In 1980, the year in which she wrote "And the Rain Patters On," she was offered an opportunity for further professional training, Two important stories-"Base the Wall" and "Lapse of Time"-followed in 1981 and 1982. These stories deal with the subtle psychological changes of characters during the " lost years" of the Cultural Revolution. Although Anyi's writing has a distinct Chinese flavor, there also is evidence of surrealism. Wang Anyi claims to be exploring the structure of Chinese culture, as well as Freud and sexuality. She has always claimed that she herself has been driven by repressed passions, and it is an indication of her intellectual curiosity and honesty that she should probe these forces in her fiction. Chinese readers admire her both her delicate and restrained style. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Verk av Anyi Wang
Thắm sắc hoa đào 1 exemplar
Red Berries of the South: Three Novellas 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Other Voices, Other Vistas: Short Stories from Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America (1992) — Bidragsgivare — 187 exemplar
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- 王安憶
- Andra namn
- Wang, An-i
- Födelsedag
- 1954-03-06
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- 中國
- Födelseort
- 南京
- Relationer
- Ru Zhijuan (mother)
- Priser och utmärkelser
- Man Booker International Prize Finalist (2011)
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Recensioner
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Statistik
- Verk
- 33
- Även av
- 7
- Medlemmar
- 328
- Popularitet
- #72,311
- Betyg
- 3.6
- Recensioner
- 9
- ISBN
- 97
- Språk
- 8
- Favoritmärkt
- 1
Fu Ping is an orphaned village girl who has been promised in marriage to a young man she has never met. She travels to Shanghai to be with the boy's grandmother. As she is immersed in the big city and meets people from walks of life she has never encountered, Fu Ping grows to be more independent and assertive, casting doubt on the plans for her future.
The great strength of this novel is how vividly Wang Anyi describes life in the back alleys and shanty towns of Shanghai. As Fu Ping encounters the unfamiliar, the reader is also taken to places and lifestyles that have mostly passed into history. I was particularly impressed with her accounts of the lives of the river folk, and of the impact of the annual flood of the river, which reminded me in some ways of Bleak House and Our Mutual Friend.… (mer)