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Retribution : The Jiling Chronicles - Yung-p'ing Li

Retribution

The Jiling Chronicles

By: Yung-p'ing Li, Howard Goldblatt (Translator), Sylvia Lin (Translator)

Hardcover | 25 September 2003 | Edition Number 1

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"Retribution" opens with the raucous festivities surrounding the annual procession to honor the Bodhisattva Guanyin. Changsheng, the young wife of the local coffin maker Liu Laoshi, is raped while making an offering to Guanyin in the hope of increasing her chances of bearing a son. Changsheng hangs herself following the encounter, and Liu Laoshi exacts bloody vengeance on the rapist's own wife and favorite prostitute. This act of sexual violence and its retribution provide the narrative pivot around which is woven a web of interconnecting stories, whose characters and events provide divergent perspectives on the rape and its aftermath. The result is an unforgettable exploration of the intersections of sexual desire, sadism, folk belief, and the inexorable cycles of karmic retribution.

Industry Reviews
Li carves out a dark novel set in the red light district of the small Jiling township... What unfolds is a melange of stories told from the perspective of various townspeople concerning the individuals, events, and aftermath of [a] single, fateful evening... Like works by Hong Ying, the narratives are brutally real and even sinister at times. Library Journal The novel explores the intersections of sexual desire, sadism, folk belief and karmic retribution. Indianapolis Star The Jiling Chronicles...will demostrate to the English-reading world why he has been critically indentified as a premier writer of Chinese fiction in our time. -- Timothy C. Wong World Literature Today The English publication of Li Yong-p'ing's intriguing and complex novel is certainly timely and most welcome. -- Lingchei Letty Chen MCLC List

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