The Remote Country of Women

Download or read book The Remote Country of Women written by Hua Bai and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1994-07-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In altering chapers, the novel tells the stories of Sunamei, a young woman from a rural matriarchal community, and Lian Rui, a self-absorbed man who is also weary witness to the Cultural Revolution. Through his two protagonists, the author addresses themes of the repression and freedon of sexuality, the brutality of modernity, and the fluidity of gender roles as the novel moves hypnotically and inevitably toward a collision between two worlds.