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The pleasure of thinking : essays

Wang, Xiaobo, 1952-19972023
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The dazzling essays of the beloved, subversive Chinese writer Wang Xiaobo, a continual bestseller in China, now in English for the first time. Wang Xiaobo made his name as a novelist but his essays, too, have become ongoing bestsellers in China since their publication in the 1990s. Bringing together his thoughts on reading and talking and silence in the Cultural Revolution, about the irrepressible spirit of one beloved pig he met while an 'educated youth', and about being operated on via a textbook, these essays give a rare glimpse into a world rarely seen and discussed with such honesty. Written with a light touch and with a wry sense of humour, these are also the essays of a great literary talent, grappling with sociology, sexuality and feminism, with the cultural clash of living in the USA, and with Chinese sci-fi, the internet, and beloved European writers like Bertrand Russell and Italo Calvino. Electrifying, containing a razor-sharp wit and intellect, this collection reveals the voice of a generation to English-speaking readers for the very first time.
Main title:
The pleasure of thinking : essays / Wang Xiaobo ; translatd by Yan Yan.
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2023.©2023
Collation:
211 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780241648520 (pbk)9780241648520
Dewey class:
895.185208895.185
Language:
EnglishChinese
BRN:
549620
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