Geling Yan

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Criminal Lu Yanshi

Beschreibung

Criminal Lu Yanshi relates the life and times of a Chinese intellectual in the 20th Century. Lu Yanshi, a prodigy from a wealthy Shanghai family, earns a Ph.D. in the United States and sows his wild oats there but cannot escape his stifling social milieu, his overbearing stepmother and his forced marriage to her niece. As war and revolution engulf China, Lu Yanshi speaks out for intellectual integrity and freedom of thought - and pays the price for it in prison and labor camp.While incarcerated, he looks back on his life and realizes that his spurned wife was the true love of his life, and he longs to return to her. This novel is based on the life experiences of the author's paternal grandfather and maternal step-grandfather. It served as the inspiration for two films by famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou: Coming Home and One Second. This novel sold over a million copies in its original Chinese edition plus Japanese and Korean translations. The renowned artist Ai Weiwei designed the front cover for this English-language edition.

Autor

Geling Yan (¿¿¿) is one of the most acclaimed novelists and screenwriters in the Chinese language and a well-established writer in English. Born in Shanghai, she served with the People's Liberation Army during the Cultural Revolution, starting at age twelve as a dancer in an entertainment troupe. She published her first novel in 1986 and has been writing constantly ever since. Her work has been translated into 21 languages. Many of Ms. Yan's works have been adapted for film and television, directed or produced by famous directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, Ang Lee, Li Shaohong and Joan Chen. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, France's Société des Gens de Lettres, and the Writers' Guild of America (west). She has published over 40 books and has won over 30 literary and film awards. She holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from Columbia College, Chicago. She lives in Berlin and San Francisco. Ms. Yan's work has been banned in China since March 2020. Her website is www.yangeling.com.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Song Media GmbH
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 769g
• ISBN-13: 9783910769120
• ISBN-10: 3910769128
• Artikelnr.: 75692452