Xianliang Zhang (1936–2014)
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- Gangbare naam
- Zhang, Xianliang
- Officiële naam
- 张贤亮
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Chang, Hsien-liang
Trương, Hiè̂n Lượng - Geboortedatum
- 1936-12
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2014-09-27
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- China
- Woonplaatsen
- Nanking, China
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- Werken
- 15
- Leden
- 405
- Populariteit
- #60,014
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 15
- ISBNs
- 43
- Talen
- 12
- Favoriet
- 1
One night in 1966, Zhang is out inspecting the irrigation canals and hoping to bag a duck, when he sees a naked woman bathing in a secluded spot. He is mesmerized. Having been in prison and labor camps since he was a youth, he is a virgin and has rarely even seen women in the last decade. Their eyes meet and Zhang feels that he has met the feminine ideal. She is more crude about it. Ten years later they meet again. This time they make a connection and although he has been "hatted" as a counter-revolutionary and rightist, and she has been married and divorced twice, they decide to marry. Unfortunately, Zhang is impotent and their relationship is tested.
This novel was very popular in China when it was published in 1985, but Zhang's writings were later banned during the crackdowns on writers for being "vulgar" . Although the novel is critical of the regime of the time, his protagonist remains a committed Communist and struggles with how best to help his country get back on the right track. I wish there had been a few more footnotes, because some of the allusions to contemporaneous events and personages were difficult to place. Despite the grim circumstances, the novel is funny at times and not a slog to read. The most philosophical passages are exchanges between Zhang and his horse. Although I wouldn't recommend it as the first book to read about the time period, it is an interesting take on the absurdities of life at the time.… (meer)