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Shadow of the hunter
Tong Su
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- Book Synopsis
- The people of China tell of an ancient tale, where the mantis hunts the cicada, unaware of the yellow bird behind it. In a small corner of one of its many cities, a random act of violence sets off a spinning top, entwining the lives of three people.Baorun, the compulsive bondage expert, is forever aided and abetted by Liu Sheng, a brash troublemaker, to indulge in his obsessions; and the lady Fairy Princess, ever-youthful, becomes the target of the pair's escalating antics.As the years pass, many things begin to change, but in the dysfunctional world of a mental hospital at the end of Red Toon Street, just who is prey, and who is predator?Often insightful and occasionally unsettling, Shadow of the Hunter is a memorable tale concerned with guilt, injustice, madness and the struggle not to lose one's soul to history. It is one of Su Tong's most acclaimed works, now available in English for the first time.
- About The Author
- Su Tong rose to international acclaim after Raise the Red Lantern, a film adaptation of his book Wives and Concubines, won the 1993 BAFTA for best non-English language film. He was joint winner of the 2015 Mao Dun Literature Prize, and his earlier novel The Boat to Redemption won the Man Asia Literature Prize in 2009.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781910760871
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Sinoist Books, (05 November 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 484
- Weight
- 635 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 230 x 27 mm
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