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Title: Notes of a Desolate Man by Chu T'ien-wen, Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Lichun Lin, Sylvia Li-Chun Lin ISBN: 0-231-11609-8 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.89 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: always be suspicious...
Comment: of a book that advertises itself as "this postmodern, first-person tale of a contemporary Taiwanese gay man reflecting on his life, loves, and intellectual influences."
I was surprised at how easy it was to read. I do hope the author is making a bit of fun of her narrator. There is some great stuff here, including emotional and intelligent responses to people like levi strauss and foucault, that are more cogent and more interesting than stuff you might find in 'theory' books.
Rating: 4
Summary: Remarkable
Comment: This is the story of a Taiwanese gay man dealing with the death of his best friend from AIDS. His reflections on culture, literature, and life in Taiwan are fascinating. I was reminded of Rabih Alameddine's "Koolaids" at times. In some of the passages, the writing is rough and dull, and I'm not sure whether that's the translation or the original. Overall it's an intriguing voice that stands out in the ocean of gay lit.
Rating: 1
Summary: B-o-r-i-n-g!
Comment: I also consider the narrator completely unbelievable a gay man. The self-hating, pathetic aging man is a cliché, but then so are the musings on Lévi-Strauss, Foucault, and art house films beloved by would-be cosmopolitan students of the 1960s. For a 166-page book with few words per page, this seems VERY long. The pleasures and insights are very few. Anyone who wants to read about desolated Chinese homosexuals lost on Taiwan, Pai's old novel _Crystal Boys_ is far more engaging.
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Title: The Art of Xu Bing: Words Without Meaning, Meaning Without Words (Asian Art & Culture) by Britta Erickson, Bing Xu, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery ISBN: 0295981431 Publisher: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Ga Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Crystal Boys by Hsien-Yung Pai ISBN: 0940567113 Publisher: Gay Sunshine Pr Pub. Date: 01 November, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Rice by Su Tong, Howard Goldblatt ISBN: 014025644X Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Born Red: A Chronicle of the Cultural Revolution by Yuan Gao ISBN: 0804713693 Publisher: Stanford University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1987 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Six Chapters from My Life Downunder (Renditions Books) by Chiang Yang, Howard Goldblatt ISBN: 0295966440 Publisher: University of Washington Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1988 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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