| Backed Against the Sea (Ceas) Contributor(s): Wang, Wen-Hsing (Author), Gunn, Edward M. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0939657864 ISBN-13: 9780939657865 Publisher: Cornell University - Cornell East Asia Series OUR PRICE: $25.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Literary Collections | Asian - General |
| Dewey: 895.135 |
| LCCN: 94106104 |
| Series: Cornell East Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.96" W x 8.76" (0.81 lbs) 142 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written as the ludicrous and disturbing ramblings of an errant, pseudo-intellectual urbanite secluding himself from the underworld in an impoverished coastal village of Taiwan in the early 1960s, this novel prompted the first critical discussion of postmodernism in Chinese fiction and still stands as the most provocative and innovative narrative published in Taiwan over the past two decades. |