|
|
Sold Out
Sold Out
Book Categories |
"Wang Ping's The Last Communist Virgin is a beauty of a collection. She has interwoven the earthiness of China and the harshness of immigrant life . . . to create a series of short stories that are at once pitiful, heartbreaking, funny, and deeply inspiring."—Lisa See, author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
From the restaurants of New York's Chinatown to the retail emporium of Bergdorf Goodman, and from remote Chinese military outposts to the streets of Beijing, the tremors of China's rapid economic and cultural growth can be felt. As the characters in these stories struggle to find their way, a young girl discovers love amidst a sea of angry Red Guards, émigrés navigate New York's relentless rat race, an ambitious businesswoman finds the meaning of success in her rival, and an old man returns to a Beijing he doesn't recognize on a mission to restore his son-in-law's flagging honor.
Moving smoothly across political, cultural, and personal borders and between countries, continents, and languages, these stories open a window into the rapid transformations of an ancient culture and the soul's thirst for adventure and harmony in a quickly changing world.
Wang Ping was born in Shanghai and grew up on a small island in the East China Sea. After three years spent farming in a mountain village commune, she attended Beijing University. In 1985 she left China to study in the United States, earning her PhD from New York University. She is the acclaimed author of the short story collection American Visa, the novel Foreign Devil, two poetry collections: Of Flesh & Spirit and The Magic Whip, and the cultural study Aching for Beauty: Footbinding in China. She now lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and teaches at Macalester College. Visit her website at www.wangping.com.
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
| WonderClub |
Edward Dedeo
reviewed The Last Communist Virgin on January 24, 2015 The Last Communist Virgin
Poet and educator Wang Ping spent her childhood in the Chinese Cultural Revolution before leaving for England and America. In The Last Communist Virgin, a series of novellas, Wang brings the inheritance her far-off origins to a wildly varying assortment of time and place. She drifts above and within the hearts, minds, spirits and bodies of a panoply of characters like a compassionate ghost. She can be stark and sharp-edged in her photojournalistic descriptions of times, places, people and events ("Where the Poppies Blow," "The Homecoming of an Old Beijing Man").
In other stories, Wang's shape-shifting ghost morphs into her characters and becomes them, taking on the hopes, fears, intimacies, naiveté and denials, the tricks that allow them to survive their circumstances in China, America or in transit ("The Last Communist Virgin," "Forage").
With each tale, Wang's language is at once clear and seductive, shifting from sharp focus to myopia as she ushers the reader on journalistic and dreamlike voyages rich with stark particulars, sumptuous and sensual recollections, and the deepest imaginings of its characters.
Login|Complaints|Blog|Games|Digital Media|Souls|Obituary|Contact Us|FAQ
CAN'T FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? CLICK HERE!!! X
You must be logged in to add to WishlistX
This item is in your Wish List
X
This item is in your Collection
The Last Communist Virgin
X
This Item is in Your Inventory
The Last Communist Virgin
X
You must be logged in to review the productsX
X
X
Add The Last Communist Virgin, Wang Ping's The Last Communist Virgin is a beauty of a collection. She has interwoven the earthiness of China and the harshness of immigrant life . . . to create a series of short stories that are at once pitiful, heartbreaking, funny, and deeply , The Last Communist Virgin to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
X
Add The Last Communist Virgin, Wang Ping's The Last Communist Virgin is a beauty of a collection. She has interwoven the earthiness of China and the harshness of immigrant life . . . to create a series of short stories that are at once pitiful, heartbreaking, funny, and deeply , The Last Communist Virgin to your collection on WonderClub |