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Xujun Eberlein
Auteur van Apologies Forthcoming
Werken van Xujun Eberlein
Men Don't Apologize (in Night Train V - BARNES) 1 exemplaar
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- c. 1956
- Geslacht
- female
- Geboorteplaats
- Chongqing, China
Leden
Besprekingen
Statistieken
- Werken
- 2
- Leden
- 28
- Populariteit
- #471,397
- Waardering
- 5.0
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 3
In Apologies Forthcoming, eight stories bring forth episodes about human beings struggling with the twists and turns of love, friendship, education, earning a living, forging family relationships, all against a background of toxic politics. Anyone could become an enemy, a friend, a betrayer, a trickster. Notions of “right” and “wrong” were torn apart and set adrift, but as years passed, enemies could become friends again and victims could triumph. But “right” and “wrong” might never be the same again.
There is a genre of literature of first-hand accounts of sadness, unfairness and loss from China especially in the 1960s and 1970s and even into the 1980s which tend to be (perhaps unavoidably) one-sided tales of woe. Apologies Forthcoming fills out more of the complexity of that period of time by exposing how individuals could succumb to a pervasive amorality and yet can often reverse this process. Things are not simple black or white; life is a blend of gray areas punctuated by cruelty as well as the triumph of the human spirit.
When Xujun Eberlein dared to try her hand at literary writing we all became the beneficiaries of that decision. No doubt she will continue to fine-tune her writing. I hope to read more of her work soon.… (meer)