Brocade Valley
by Anyi Wang
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A young married editor sent to cover a prestigious writers' conference has a liberating affair with a famous writer and finds a new sense of herself.Tags
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Une femme, secrétaire de rédaction d'une maison d'édition se rend à un colloque pour rencontrer des écrivains. La rencontre avec l'un d'eux va complétement la bouleverser. Un amour platonique naîtra entre les deux personnages. DIx jours pendant lesquels ils se découvriront pour petit à petit se séparer. En lisant ce livre ne vous attendez pas à avoir des scènes d'amour décrites ou même des dialogues importants entre les deux personnages. En réalité il ne se passe pas grand chose dans cette histoire, mais Wang Anyi parvient de par son écriture à créer une ambiance et à suggérer des choses qui n'ont pas lieu.
Je n'ai pas trop l'habitude de lire ce genre de roman, car il faut dire que y'a pas beaucoup d'actions, les show more phrases sont courtes, ciselées. Mais j'ai tout de même apprécier sa lecture.
Un petit roman d'amour pas très long, à lire. show less
Je n'ai pas trop l'habitude de lire ce genre de roman, car il faut dire que y'a pas beaucoup d'actions, les show more phrases sont courtes, ciselées. Mais j'ai tout de même apprécier sa lecture.
Un petit roman d'amour pas très long, à lire. show less
Feb 15, 2010French
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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 northern part of Anhwei Province. In 1972 her show more 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) show less
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- Canonical title
- Brocade Valley
- Original title
- 锦绣谷之恋
- Alternate titles
- Love in a Brocade Valley
- Original publication date
- 1987
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 895.1 — Literature & rhetoric Asian Literature Literatures of East and Southeast Asia Chinese
- LCC
- PL2919 .A58 .C4713 — Language and Literature Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Chinese language and literature Chinese literature Individual authors and works
- BISAC
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