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Ruined City: A Novel (Volume 5) (Chinese Literature Today Book Series) by Pingwa, Jia; Goldblatt, Howard (translator) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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When originally published in 1993, Ruined City (Fei Du) was promptly banned by China’s State Publishing Administration, ostensibly for its explicit sexual content. Since then, award-winning author Jia Pingwa’s vivid portrayal of contemporary China’s social & economic transformation has become a classic, viewed by critics & scholars of Chinese literature as 1 of the most important novels of the 20th century. Howard Goldblatt’s deft translation now gives English-speaking readers their first chance to enjoy this masterpiece of social satire by 1 of China’s most provocative writers. While eroticism, exoticism, & esoteric minutiae—the “pornography” that earned the opprobrium of Chinese officials—pervade Ruined City, this tale of a famous contemporary writer’s sexual & legal imbroglios is an incisive portrait of politics & culture in a rapidly changing China. In a narrative that ranges from political allegory to parody, Jia Pingwa tracks his antihero Zhuang Zhidie through progressively more involved & inevitably disappointing sexual liaisons. Set in a modern metropolis rife with power politics, corruption, & capitalist schemes, the novel evokes an unrequited romantic longing for China’s

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Author

Pingwa, Jia; Goldblatt, Howard (translator)

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780806154909

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.9 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13