Nella Shanghai cosmopolita e brillante dell'immediato dopoguerra, la sedicenne Wang Qiyao intende approfittare delle possibilità offerte da un concorso di bellezza. Non vince, ma riesce comunque a conquistare una certa notorietà perché rappresenta un tipo di fascino «quotidiano»: quello, elegante ma non vistoso, che si incontra per strada tutti i giorni e che meglio incarna lo spirito della città. Scoperta da un fotografo che l'ama non ricambiato, diventa l'amante del potente Direttore Li....

The classic story of a woman in post-World War II China. "[A] complex and penetrating portrayal . . . that best displays [Anyi's] gifts as a novelist."— The New York TimesInfatuated with the glitz and glamour of 1940s Hollywood, Wang Qiyao—a girl born of the longtang, the crowded, labyrinthine alleys of Shanghai's working-class neighborhoods—seeks fame in the Miss Shanghai beauty pageant. This fleeting moment of...

El experimento de este libro es muy duro, es la relación de una sola persona entre homber y mujer, una relación abstracta. Se desarrolla sólo con razón y sentimiento personal. Se describe una mujer de sabiduría entre el amor de dos generos. Se siente aburrida en la vida matrimonial. El amor fuera del matrimonio renueva su sentimiento, al mismo tiempo no puede dejarse atrapar por la pasión, y obedece los principios de juego. De ninguna manera, el matrimonio todavía es la base de la vida

As the end of the world arrives in downtown Shanghai, one man’s only wish is to return a library book...When a publisher agrees to let a star author use his company’s attic to write in, little does he suspect this will become the author’s permanent residence...As Shanghai succumbs to a seemingly apocalyptic deluge, a man takes refuge in his bathtub, only to find himself, moments later, floating through the city's streets...The characters in this literary exploration...

The first English-language anthology of its kind, Red Is Not the Only Color offers a window into the uncharted terrain of intimate relations between Chinese women. As urban China has undergone rapid transformation, same-sex relations have emerged as a significant, if previously neglected, touchstone for the exploration of the meaning of social change. The short fiction in this volume highlights tensions between tradition and modernization, family and state, art and commerce, love ...

I Love Bill and Other Stories showcases the work of Wang Anyi, one of China's most prolific and highly regarded writers, in two novellas and three short stories.A young artist's life spirals out of control when she drops out of school to pursue a series of unfulfilling relationships with foreign men. A performance troupe struggles to adapt to a changing China at the end of the Cultural Revolution. The head of an isolated village arranges a...

Ce court roman, L’Histoire de mon oncle a été écrit en 1990, un an après le drame de Tiananmen. En réalité, ce sont trois histoires qui composent ce roman, peinture d’une époque et d’une génération. La première partie se passe dans un petit village perdu au fin fond de la campagne chinoise : une jeune fille s’éprend de son maître d’école, un intellectuel « droitiste » réhabilité; puis, c’est l’histoire de la réussite sociale de l’oncle qui devient un écrivain connu et prend sa revanche sur...

"Sa beauté surpassait celle des jolies adolescentes sans être tout à fait celle d'une femme. Une lumière intérieure soulignait ses traits, éclairait harmonieusement son teint et brillait dans ses yeux. Xiaoqiu était à la fois fraîche et éclatante. Elle faisait confiance à la vie, non par déraison mais parce que, pleine de bonté, elle ne croyait pas au malheur." Dans le Shanghai du siècle dernier, nous découvrons l'existence insouciante et précaire des artistes de l'opéra, entre ombre et lu...

Nainai has lived in Shanghai for many years, and the time has come to find a wife for her adopted grandson. But when the bride she has chosen arrives from the countryside, it soon becomes clear that the orphaned girl has ideas of her own. Her name is Fu Ping, and the more she explores the residential lanes and courtyards behind Shanghai’s busy shopping streets, the less she wants to return to the country as a dutiful wife. As Fu Ping wavers over her future, she learns the city through the ...

Nainai has lived in Shanghai for many years, and the time has come to find a wife for her adopted grandson. But when the bride she has chosen arrives from the countryside, it soon becomes clear that the orphaned girl has ideas of her own. Her name is Fu Ping, and the more she explores the residential lanes and courtyards behind Shanghai’s busy shopping streets, the less she wants to return to the country as a dutiful wife. As Fu Ping wavers over her future, she learns the city through the ...