Half of Man is Woman by Xianliang, Zhang; Martha Avery - 1988

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Toronto, ON: Lester & Orpen Dennys. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 0886191866 . Small spot bottom page edges, light edge wear to dustjacket ; DJ in Mylar, bright, solid book ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 285 pages; "Poet Zhang Yonglin is sentenced to a labor camp he ironically describes as a haven amidst the hysteria of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. After he marries a woman he had seen eight years earlier, the story becomes, on one level, an analogy between his temporary sexual impotence and the postion of intellectuals. A year later he is ready to abandon his wife and escape from the camp. Cameo appearances by philosophic and literary figures Marx and Meng-tz, Othello and Song Jian discussing China and sex which allows the incorporation of non-novelistic elements while indulging in gallows humor. The references to Western culture and the translator's historical notes should make this complex and fascinating book easily… Read More

Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1988. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Good +/good +. No markings or inscriptions. Includes dust jacket.