Notes of a crocodile
(Book)
Uniform Title
Author
Contributors
Huie, Bonnie, translator.
Published
New York : New York Review Books, [2017].
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Published
New York : New York Review Books, [2017].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
242 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"An NYRB Classics original"--Page 4 of cover.
General Note
Translation from the Chinese of: Eyu shouji.
Description
"Set in the post-martial-law era of 1990s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile depicts the coming-of-age of a group of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwan's most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nicknamed Lazi, Qiu Miaojin's cult classic novel is a postmodern pastiche of diaries, vignettes, mash notes, aphorisms, exegesis, and satire by an incisive prose stylist and countercultural icon. Afflicted by her fatalistic attraction to Shui Ling, an older woman who is alternately hot and cold toward her, Lazi turns for support to a circle of friends that includes the devil-may-care, rich-kid-turned-criminal Meng Sheng and his troubled, self-destructive gay lover Chu Kuang, as well as the bored, mischievous overachiever Tun Tun and her alluring slacker artist girlfriend Zhi Rou. Bursting with the optimism of newfound liberation and romantic idealism despite corroding innocence, Notes of a Crocodile is a poignant and intimate masterpiece of social defiance by a singular voice in contemporary Chinese literature"--,Provided by publisher.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Qiu, M., & Huie, B. (2017). Notes of a crocodile . New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Qiu, Miaojin, 1969-1995 and Bonnie, Huie. 2017. Notes of a Crocodile. New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Qiu, Miaojin, 1969-1995 and Bonnie, Huie. Notes of a Crocodile New York Review Books, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Qiu, Miaojin, and Bonnie Huie. Notes of a Crocodile New York Review Books, 2017.
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