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Format: 1 online resource (205 p.)

ISBN: 0-231-53104-4

Series Statement: Weatherhead Books on Asia

Content: Unfolding in the tense years of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), Trees Without Wind takes place in a remote Shanxi village in which a rare affliction has left the residents physically stunted. Director Liu, an older revolutionary and local commune head, becomes embroiled in a power struggle with Zhang Weiguo, a young ideologue who believes he is the model of a true revolutionary. Complicating matters is a woman named Nuanyu, who, like Zhang Weiguo and Director Liu, is an outsider untouched by the village's disease. "Wedded" to all of the male villagers, Nuanyu lives a polyandrous lifestyle based on necessity and at odds with the puritanical idealism of the Cultural Revolution. The deformed villagers, representing the manipulated masses of China, become pawns in the Party representatives' factional infighting. Director Liu and Zhang Weiguo's explosive tug-of-war is part of a larger battle among politics, self-interest, and passion gripping a world undone by ideological extremism. A collectively told narrative powered by distinctive subjectivities, Trees Without Wind is a milestone in the fictional treatment of a horrific event.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Frontmatter -- , TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. Trees Without Wind: Anatomy of a Revolution -- , ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- , 1 -- , 2 -- , 3 -- , 4 -- , 5 -- , 6 -- , 7 -- , 8 -- , 9 -- , 10 -- , 11 -- , 12 -- , 13 -- , 14 -- , 15 -- , 16 -- , 17 -- , 18 -- , 19 -- , 20 -- , 21 -- , 22 -- , 23 -- , 24 -- , 25 -- , 26 -- , 27 -- , 28 -- , 29 -- , 30 -- , 31 -- , 32 -- , 33 -- , 34 -- , 35 -- , 36 -- , 37 -- , 38 -- , 39 -- , 40 -- , 41 -- , 42 -- , 43 -- , 44 -- , 45 -- , 46 -- , 47 -- , 48 -- , 49 -- , 50 -- , 51 -- , 52 -- , 53 -- , 54 -- , 55 -- , 56 -- , 57 -- , 58 -- , 59 -- , 60 -- , 61 -- , 62 -- , 63 -- , Backmatter , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-231-16275-8

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

DOI: 10.7312/li--16274

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Format: 1 online resource (205 pages).

ISBN: 9780231531047 (e-book)

Series Statement: Weatherhead Books on Asia

Additional Edition: Print version: Li, Rui, 1950- Trees without wind : a novel. New York : Columbia University Press, c2013 ISBN 9780231162753

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

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Format: xii, 186 p , 19 cm

Original writing person/organisation: 李锐

ISBN: 9780231162753 , 9780231162746 , 9780231531047 , 0231162758 , 023116274X , 0231531044

Series Statement: Weatherhead Books on Asia

Uniform Title: Wu-feng-zhi-shu 〈engl.〉

Note: Translated from the Chinese

Language: English

Author information: Li, Rui 1950-