Wang Xiaobo war ein chinesischer Schriftsteller, der posthum Berühmtheit erlangte. Seine Werke, oft von einem ausgeprägten Sinn für Humor und Ironie durchdrungen, beschäftigen sich mit Themen wie Freiheit, Sexualität und gesellschaftlichen Konventionen. Durch seine einzigartige Prosa untersucht Wang Xiaobo kritisch die menschliche Natur und soziale Normen und hat sich damit einen bedeutenden Platz unter den modernen chinesischen literarischen Stimmen verdient.
Razor-sharp, pugnacious and blackly funny, Wang Xiaobo’s essays established him as one of China’s most popular – and subversive – writers. From the political power of silence to the irrepressible spirit of a pig he met while working in a commune, these reflections on life and literature in the shadow of the Cultural Revolution provide a rare glimpse of a fearless satirical genius.
Wang Xiaobo erzählt die Geschichte von Wang Er, einem jungen Mann, der während der Kulturrevolution mit Witz und Ironie gegen die Absurditäten einer Diktatur ankämpft. Er beginnt eine leidenschaftliche Affäre mit der Ärztin Chen Qinyang, während er sich später als Universitätsdozent mit den Anforderungen des Systems auseinandersetzen muss.
Wang Xiaobo made his name as a novelist but his essays, too, have become ongoing bestsellers in China since their publication in the 1990s. Bringing together his thoughts on reading and talking and silence in the Cultural Revolution, about the irrepressible spirit of one beloved pig he met while an 'educated youth', and about being operated on via a textbook, these essays give a rare glimpse into a world rarely seen and discussed with such honesty. Written with a light touch and with a wry sense of humour, these are also the essays of a great literary talent, grappling with sociology, sexuality and feminism, with the cultural clash of living in the USA, and with Chinese sci-fi, the internet, and beloved European writers like Bertrand Russell and Italo Calvino. Electrifying, containing a razor-sharp wit and intellect, this collection reveals the voice of a generation to English-speaking readers for the very first time.
The bestselling novel by cult writer Wang Xiaobo, a satire of the Cultural Revolution, in its first full English translation 'Wang Xiaobo is a truly unique writer, and there are very few writers like him' Ai Weiwei 'Fills the reader with aching poignancy, and yet makes them want to laugh out loud' Jung Chang, author of Wild Swans Twenty-one year old Wang Er, stationed in a remote mountain commune, spends his days herding oxen, napping and dreaming of losing his virginity. His dreams come true in the shape of the beautiful doctor Cheng Qinyang. So begins the riotously funny story of their illicit love affair, the Party officials who enjoy their forced confessions a little too much, and Wang's life under the Communist regime: his misadventures as a biology lecturer in a Beijing university, and his entanglements with family, friends and lovers. Golden Age is an explosive, subversive, wild and hilarious satire, featuring one of literature's great protagonists, a sensation when it was published in the 1990s and beloved today.
本书为王小波杂文代表作，王小波终其一生思考着并快乐着，他以独有的调侃的笔调完成了对自由与理性的反思与书写。书中对女权主义、科学与迷信、同性恋、小说创作、知识分子等话题进行剖解，展现了一座智性的迷宫，让读者从他那里学会如何独立而自由地思考，真切地体会到作为一个独立个体，应有的尊严与自由。