Ruined city : a novel
by Pingwa Jia
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"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" --Tags
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- Canonical title*
- La capitale déchue
- Original title
- 废都
- Original publication date
- 1993
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Romance
- DDC/MDS
- 895.13 — Literature & rhetoric Literatures of other languages Literatures of East and Southeast Asia Chinese Chinese fiction
- LCC
- PL2843 .P5 .F4513 — 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
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- Chinese, English, French
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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