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   Jan 1, 2001 · Chen Jiangshui is a pig-butcher in a small coastal Taiwanese town. Stocky, with a paunch and deep-set beady eyes, he resembles a pig himself. His brutality towards his new young wife, Lin Shi, knows no bounds. The more she screams, the more he likes it.

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2. eastasianliteratureintranslation.com › 2024/03/18The Butcher’s Wife, by Li Ang – East Asian Literature in ...

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   Mar 18, 2024 · Pig-Butcher Chen is a notorious womanizer, frequenter of prostitutes, drunk, and gambler. He is also a sadist. His intimate relationship with death makes him a doomed, taboo figure, and he is haunted by visions of hell and the souls of the animals he kills. He brutalizes his wife and starves her.

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   Inspired by a real case from the 1930s, The Butcher's Wife depicts the fate of a young woman trapped by both her individual circumstances and the confines of traditional Chinese society.

4. openlibrary.org › books › OL792280MThe butcher's wife and other stories by Li, Ang - Open Library

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   Dec 20, 2023 · Imported from Scriblio MARC record. The butcher's wife and other stories by Li, Ang, 1995, Cheng & Tsui Co. edition, in English.

   • Author: K. C. Leung, Li Ang, Howard Goldblatt

   • Publish Year: 1995

5. archive.org › details › butcherswifeshaf00lianrichThe butcher's wife = Sha fu : a novel : Li, Ang, 1952- : Free ...

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   Sep 11, 2009 · The butcher's wife = Sha fu : a novel. by. Li, Ang, 1952-. Publication date. 1986. Publisher. San Francisco : North Point Press. Collection. internetarchivebooks; americana; inlibrary; printdisabled.

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   In 1983, her novel "The Butcher's Wife" received the United Newspaper's literary prize and made her famous on both sides of the Taiwan strait. The work is a powerful indictment of male...

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   • The Butcher's Wife is a good book. Set in a rural community, it tells the story of a young woman's struggles as the new wife of a man with vicious tastes. Her torment is compounded by the locals who gossip about her screams and believe her troubles to be those of her own making.

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   • The Butcher’s Wife tells the story of a young woman's struggles as the new wife of a man with vicious tastes. She is tormented by the locals who gossip about her screams and believe her troubles to be of her own making. Driven to madness by his cruelty, she kills him with his own meat cleaver.

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   • Welcome to The Butcher’s Wife. We’re a gluten-free, Brazilian food inspired restaurant & natural wine bar, located in the heart of Tiong Bahru, Singapore. We bake, ferment and preserve. Come in for some natural wine, kombucha, or a cocktail. There’s a drink for any time of the day. Note: The Butcher’s Wife is a cashless establishment.

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   Books. The Butcher's Wife. Li Ang, Ang Li. Peter Owen, 2002 - Fiction - 142 pages. Chen Jiangshui is a pig-butcher in a small coastal Taiwanese town. Stocky, with a paunch and deep-set...