Five spice street /

"Five Spice Street tells the story of a street in an unnamed city, whose inhabitants speculate on the life of a mysterious Madam X. The novel interweaves their endless suppositions into a work that is at once political parable and surreal fantasia. Some think X is fifty years old, others that s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Canxue, 1953-
Other Authors: Gernant, Karen (Translator), Chen, Zeping, 1953- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Chino
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale Univ. Press, ©2009.
Series:Margellos world republic of letters book.
Subjects:
Strangers > Fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) > Fiction.
Existentialism > Fiction.
Étrangers > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Identité > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Existentialisme > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Existentialism
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Strangers
Fiction
Psychological fiction
Psychological fiction.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Failure of Reeducation
  • Madam X Talks Abstractly of Her Experiences with Men
  • The Way Things Are Done
  • A Few Opinions about the Story's Beginning
  • Some Implications
  • The Tails' Confessions
  • Mr. Q's Character
  • Madam X Is Up a Creek
  • Who Made the First Move?
  • How to Wrap Up All the Issues Left Hanging
  • The Rationality of the Widow's Historical Contribution and Status
  • The Vague Positions of Mr. Q and Madam X's Husband
  • How We Reversed the Negative and Elected Madam X Our Representative
  • Madam X's Steps Are Buoyant ; On Broad Five Spice Street, She Walks toward Tomorrow.

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