28 Nov / Retribution: The Jiling Chronicles by Li Yung-p’ing, translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chung Lin [in AsianWeek]
An uncensored glimpse into the suffering lives within a rural Chinese community reeling from the utter violence that haunts the town as a result of a brutal rape, which results in a suicide by hanging, which leads to the bloody retribution wreaked upon the rapist’s wife and his favorite prostitute.
Review: “New and Notable Books,” AsianWeek, November 28, 2003
Readers: Adult
Published: 2003