The three leaps of Wang Lun : a Chinese novel
题名:
The three leaps of Wang Lun : a Chinese novel
著者:
Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957.
Godwin, C. D.
ISBN:
9789629965648
统一题名:
Drei Sprünge des Wang-lun. English
出版信息:
New York : New York Review Books ; Sha Tin, N.T., Hong Kong : The Chinese Universitty of Hong Kong Press, c2015.
规格:
xxxi, 490 p. : map ; 22 cm
系列:
Calligrams
Calligrams.
系列题名:
Calligrams
Calligrams.
摘要:
"In 1915, fourteen years before Berlin Alexanderplatz, Alfred Doblin published his first novel, an amazing, extensively researched Chinese historical extravaganza: The Three Leaps of Wang Lun. Even more remarkably, given its subject matter, the book was written in expressionist style and is now considered the first modern German novel, as well as the first Western novel to depict a China untouched by the West. Based on actual accounts of a doomed rebellion during the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the late eighteenth century, the novel tells the story of Wang Lun, a historical martial arts master and charismatic leader of the White Lotus sect, who leads a futile revolt of the "Truly Powerless." Densely packed cities and Tibetan wastes, political intrigue and religious yearning, imperial court life and the fate of wandering outcasts are depicted in a language of enormous vigor and matchless imagination, unfolding the theme of timidity against force and a mystical sense of the world against the realities of power"-- Provided by publisher.
"China 1760-1774 Novel translated from the German"-- Provided by publisher.
主题:
| China -- History -- Qianlong, 1736-1795 -- Fiction. |
| Biographical fiction. |
| Historical fiction. |
| Wang, Lun, -1774 -- Fiction. |
摘要:
"In 1915, fourteen years before Berlin Alexanderplatz, Alfred Doblin published his first novel, an amazing, extensively researched Chinese historical extravaganza: The Three Leaps of Wang Lun. Even more remarkably, given its subject matter, the book was written in expressionist style and is now considered the first modern German novel, as well as the first Western novel to depict a China untouched by the West. Based on actual accounts of a doomed rebellion during the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the late eighteenth century, the novel tells the story of Wang Lun, a historical martial arts master and charismatic leader of the White Lotus sect, who leads a futile revolt of the "Truly Powerless." Densely packed cities and Tibetan wastes, political intrigue and religious yearning, imperial court life and the fate of wandering outcasts are depicted in a language of enormous vigor and matchless imagination, unfolding the theme of timidity against force and a mystical sense of the world against the realities of power"--
"China 1760-1774 Novel translated from the German"--