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Jan 1, 2001 · 3.80. 879 ratings136 reviews. 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. She is further isolated by the vicious gossip of her neighbors ...
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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. It transcends any narrow categorisation, however, never lapsing into preaching and extending its reach with a number of fine character portraits and a vivid evocation of life in a small coastal town.
Mar 18, 2024 · An East-facing Window. The Butcher’s Wife, by Li Ang. Li Ang was inspired to write The Butcher’s Wife after reading about a trial of a woman from mainland China who was accused of murdering and butchering her husband. The article was from Shanghai in the 1930s. Li was most struck not by the sensational elements of the crime, but by the ...
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 beady eyes, he resembles a pig himself. His brutality towards his new young wife, Lin Shi, knows no bounds.
Dec 20, 2023 · March 21, 2012. Edited by ImportBot. import new book. April 1, 2008. Created by an anonymous user. Imported from Scriblio MARC record. The butcher's wife and other stories by Li, Ang, 1995, Cheng & Tsui Co. edition, in English.
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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 chauvinism and a probing study of the power of sex as a woman's weapon or as an agent of her self-destruction. Li Ang's depictions are brutal, graphic, and ...
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