Retribution : : The Jiling Chronicles / / Yung-p'ing Li.
Retribution opens with the raucous festivities surrounding the annual procession to honor the Bodhisattva Guanyin. Changsheng, the young wife of the local coffin maker Liu Laoshi, is raped while making an offering to Guanyin in the hope of increasing her chances of bearing a son. Changsheng hangs he...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2003] ©2003 |
Year of Publication: | 2003 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Book 1. White Dress
- Book Two Empty Doors
- Book Three Chaos in Heaven
- Book Four Raining Flowers