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Av Su Tong
Inbunden, 2016
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
171 kr
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Hunger, hat och hämnd är de tre grundkomponenterna i denna roman om bondpojken Wulongs karriär i risbranschen och den undre världen i 1920- och 1930-talets Kina. Med brutal hänsynslöshet och en ständig känsla av att vara förnedrad arbetar han sig upp från utblottad tiggare till maffiaboss med …
Madwoman On The Bridge And Other Stories
Av Su Tong
E-bok, 2009
102 kr
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Set during the fall-out of the Cultural Revolution, these bizarre and delicate stories capture the collision of the old China of vanished dynasties, with communism and today's tiger economy.The mad woman on the bridge wears a historical gown which she refuses to take off. In the height of summer …
Boat to Redemption
Av Su Tong
E-bok, 2010
100 kr
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Disgraced Secretary Ku has been banished from the Party - it has been officially proved he does not have a fish-shaped birthmark on his bottom and is therefore not the son of a revolutionary martyr, but the issue of a river pirate and a prostitute. Mocked by the citizens of Milltown, Secretary Ku …
How the Ceremony Ends/The Water Demon (Storycuts)
Av Su Tong
E-bok, 2011
57 kr
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In 'How the Ceremony Ends', it was last winter that the folklorist paid his visit to the village of Eight Pines. He wanted to collect folk tales and customs, to re-enact the ceremonies of life and death that only old men still remember. But somehow he managed to provoke the villagers.In 'The Water …
Dance of Heartbreak/The Diary for August (Storycuts)
Av Su Tong
E-bok, 2011
55 kr
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In 'Dance of Heartbreak', something happened to a young boy in Grade 4, at Red Flag Elementary School; but even today the whole affair remains fresh in his mind. He'd never met another girl like her; she was a little child of glass, beautiful in her sorrow when she ran to centre stage. For him, she …
Goddess Peak/The Q of Hearts (Storycuts)
Av Su Tong
E-bok, 2011
55 kr
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In 'Goddess Peak', Miaoyue and Li Yong were almost the last two passengers aboard the steamboat to Goddess Peak - them and Li Yong's friend Mr Cui. Miaoyue found Mr Cui taller and better built than she'd imagined, and also a little younger and more handsome. For some reason, this irritated her.In …
Atmospheric Pressure (Storycuts)
Av Su Tong
E-bok, 2011
57 kr
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The train was late, and the wind was blowing Meng's coat open in the snow. With no sign of his cousin, he needed somewhere to stay the night. An old man enticed him to a second-rate hostel, and despite his annoyance, Meng couldn't shake the feeling that he'd seen this place, and the old man, …
Home in May (Storycuts)
Av Su Tong
E-bok, 2011
57 kr
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Yongshan is taking her son back to Licheng to visit relatives, and to see the town where she grew up. But when they get there, all she could find were desolate houses. Even the people on the street seemed not to recognise her. But then, in the rubble of her old neighbourhood, Yongshan finds …
Madwoman on the Bridge (Storycuts)
Av Su Tong
E-bok, 2011
55 kr
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The madwoman was wearing a white velvet cheongsam. Standing on the bridge, she revelled in her own faded splendour. Normal people pay no attention to madwomen, but one woman from Shaoxing stayed on the bridge that afternoon to talk to this one; what was she coveting?Part of the Storycuts series, …
On Saturdays (Storycuts)
Av Su Tong
E-bok, 2011
57 kr
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You don't expect some guy making small talk on a train to turn into a real friend, but that was just the kind of friend Papa Qi was. And afterwards, Saturday became Papa Qi's visiting day. Every Saturday.Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection …
Giant Baby (Storycuts)
Av Su Tong
E-bok, 2011
55 kr
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It was rare for the people from Wangbao to come down from their mountain village, but one spring, they arrive in town with sensational news - a virgin birth. What's more, there is something very odd about the baby - he is as big as a child of three, black all over and missing a finger. The …
Private Banquet (Storycuts)
Av Su Tong
E-bok, 2011
57 kr
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Bao Qing was a classic example of what people in Maqiao meant when they spat out the word 'intellectual'. Coming home to his old town for the holidays was just as much trouble as not coming home, for this was a town where his old schoolmate Fatcat had every local business in his pocket. And Fatcat …
Thieves (Storycuts)
Av Su Tong
E-bok, 2011
57 kr
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Tan Feng was my one and only friend in Sichuan. He was the same age as me: about eight or nine. Tan Feng's family lived next door to us, and their other kids were all girls, so you can imagine how they spoiled their only boy. They really adored him, but they didn't know what he got up to. Tan Feng …
Weeping Willow (Storycuts)
Av Su Tong
E-bok, 2011
55 kr
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Weeping Willow was a place that survived by serving long-distance drivers, with petrol, food and girls. The truck driver was badly shaken as he arrived there in the dark and rain, but more shaken when he left.Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection …
Another Life for Women and Three Lamps
Novellas
Av Su Tong
E-bok, 2016
159 kr
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These two quirky novellas about small towns and their unusual inhabitants are surprisingly dark and funny.
Petulia's Rouge Tin
Overnight, the remnants of her world filled with the scent of rouge powder lay out of reach, beyond the walls: Penguin Specials
Av Su Tong
E-bok, 2018
141 kr
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Who would have anticipated that Petulia, stripped of her silk gowns, would be forced to denounce the Red Delight Pavilion? Or believed that Autumn Grace would cry in desperation as nuns shave off her locks? After years working side-by-side, their sudden goodbye was the first sign of a changing …
Shadow of the Hunter
Av Su Tong
Inbunden, 2020
215 kr
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The people of China tell of an ancient tale, where the mantis hunts the cicada, unaware of the yellow bird behind it. In a small corner of one of its many cities, a random act of violence sets off a spinning top, entwining the lives of three people.Baorun, the compulsive bondage expert, is forever …
Missives from the Masses
Av Su Tong
Häftad, 2024
152 kr
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Qianmei’s cancer is terminal, and everyone except her knows it.She’s spent a lifetime Serving the People by penning a slew of complaints to superiors about the failings of colleagues and neighbours, no matter how small. Being confined to bed rest in a hospital just presents new targets.As her …
Midnight Stories
Av Su Tong
Inbunden, 2024
185 kr
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A raw deal can leave you dead in the water*The life of a country bumpkin is worth no more than a melon?The boat-dwellers upriver have been punting watermelons down to the market by Tiexing bridge for as long as the townsfolk can remember. A precarious relationship at the best of times, things …
Shadow of the Hunter
Av Su Tong
Häftad, 2021
192 kr
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The people of China tell of an ancient tale, where the mantis hunts the cicada, unaware of the yellow bird behind it. In a small corner of one of its many cities, a random act of violence sets off a spinning top, entwining the lives of three people.Baorun, the compulsive bondage expert, is forever …
Tattoo
Three Novellas
Av Su Tong
Häftad, 2011
321 kr
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From the author of Wives and Concubines (titled Raise the Red Lantern in the acclaimed 1991 Oscar-nominated film by Zhang Yimou), Rice and many other major works of contemporary Chinese fiction comes a new collection of novellas that ranges from mystery in swinging prewar Shanghai to the violent …
