Wang in Love and Bondage: Three Novellas by Wang Xiaobo Book

Review of East Palace, West Palace, 1 out of 3 novellas in this book.

From a reading-for-entertainment point of view, I can't say that I liked this story. The plot is developed in a convoluted manner, without chronology. There's also a story inside the story that serves as a metaphor. Then, there's the content that is really quite disturbing and sad, all wrapped in some positivity and enticement that I find unbefitting.
Trigger warnings for homophobia, misogyny, rape, torture, captivity.

Good thing, I didn't read this for pleasure, then. For my bachelor thesis on relations between gender and homosexual practices in Chinese fiction, I am still looking for more stories to analyse, and this story is worth a second look at least.

Um, cannot recommend. Well, only if you want to read this for scientific or educational reasons ;-)