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基本信息·出版社：Peter Owen Publishers
·页码：142 页
·出版日期：2003年04月
·ISBN：072061161X
·条形码：9780720611618
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·丛书名：Peter Owen Modern Classic
·外文书名：屠夫的灵媒娇妻
内容简介 Under traditional Chinese law, the only valid explanation for a woman murdering her husband is her adultery. In 1930s Shanghai a case came to light where a woman dismembered her husband. There was no evidence that the woman had ever had a lover. This inspired Li Ang to write a deep and harrowing novel about the situation that might lead to such a murder. 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 neighbours who condemn her for screaming aloud, because, as they see it: As women we're supposed to be tolerant and put our husbands above everything else. According to an old Chinese belief, all butchers are destined for hell (an eternity of torment by the animals they have despatched). Lin Shi, isolated, despairing and finally driven to madness, fittingly kills him with his own instrument - a meat cleaver. THE BUTCHER'S WIFE was a literary sensation in the Chinese language world with its suggestion that ritual and tradition are the functions of oppression. It also caused widespread outrage with its unsparing portrayal of sexual violence and emotional cruelty. The novel has made a profound impact on contemporary Chinese literature and today ranks as a landmark text in both women's studies and world literature.
编辑推荐 From Library Journal This brutally realistic and groundbreaking novella was both acclaimed and excoriated when first published in Taiwan in 1983. The author, born in Taiwan and educated in America, has taken a sensational murder case of the 1930s and set it in her native town. Trapped in marriage to a vicious husband by a superstitious, male-dominated society, Lin Shi is slowly driven to madness and murder. That she killed her husband to escape physical and sexual abuse was unimaginable; a Chinese wife who kills her husband has always been presumed to have a lover, and Lin Shi is punished accordingly. This compelling portrait of a world where poverty erodes all but the most primeval instincts transcends feminism to become a great human tragedy. Unforgettable, and highly recommended. Shelley Cox, Special Collections, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Erica Bauermeister In 1930s China, one woman defied the cultural assumption that a woman would only murder her husband in order to be with a lover; in this instance the woman insisted she had killed her husband to stop his abuses. Five decades later, Li Ang's novella
The Butcher's Wife, which uses the real-life murder as its basis, created both a literary sensation and wide-spread outrage about its subject matter. Li Ang's depiction is graphic and brutal, mirroring and reinforcing the life of its lead character, Lin Shin, and the sexism and cultural superstitions that surround her. After a childhood of starvation and hard work, Lin Shin marries a pig butcher named Chen Jiangshui. He is a violent, abusive husband, but Lin Shin's relief at finally having enough food to eat and less work to do helps her to endure the frequent rapes and beatings. Conditions worsen, however, and she is isolated by the vicious gossip of neighbors who condemn her for screaming aloud: "As women, we're supposed to be tolerant and put our husbands above everything else. Who ever heard of anyone raising such a stink over a little pain once in a while!" Trapped without guidance or support, Lin Shin follows her husband's example. While
The Butcher's Wife is not an easy read, it is an important book on a neglected issue, which, by its very outspokeness, has profoundly affected Chinese literature.
-- For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Language Notes Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Chinese
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. 专业书评 From Library Journal This brutally realistic and groundbreaking novella was both acclaimed and excoriated when first published in Taiwan in 1983. The author, born in Taiwan and educated in America, has taken a sensational murder case of the 1930s and set it in her native town. Trapped in marriage to a vicious husband by a superstitious, male-dominated society, Lin Shi is slowly driven to madness and murder. That she killed her husband to escape physical and sexual abuse was unimaginable; a Chinese wife who kills her husband has always been presumed to have a lover, and Lin Shi is punished accordingly. This compelling portrait of a world where poverty erodes all but the most primeval instincts transcends feminism to become a great human tragedy. Unforgettable, and highly recommended. Shelley Cox, Special Collections, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Erica Bauermeister In 1930s China, one woman defied the cultural assumption that a woman would only murder her husband in order to be with a lover; in this instance the woman insisted she had killed her husband to stop his abuses. Five decades later, Li Ang's novella
The Butcher's Wife, which uses the real-life murder as its basis, created both a literary sensation and wide-spread outrage about its subject matter. Li Ang's depiction is graphic and brutal, mirroring and reinforcing the life of its lead character, Lin Shin, and the sexism and cultural superstitions that surround her. After a childhood of starvation and hard work, Lin Shin marries a pig butcher named Chen Jiangshui. He is a violent, abusive husband, but Lin Shin's relief at finally having enough food to eat and less work to do helps her to endure the frequent rapes and beatings. Conditions worsen, however, and she is isolated by the vicious gossip of neighbors who condemn her for screaming aloud: "As women, we're supposed to be tolerant and put our husbands above everything else. Who ever heard of anyone raising such a stink over a little pain once in a while!" Trapped without guidance or support, Lin Shin follows her husband's example. While
The Butcher's Wife is not an easy read, it is an important book on a neglected issue, which, by its very outspokeness, has profoundly affected Chinese literature.
-- For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Language Notes Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Chinese
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
