It appears that the author of K could not be happier that people are talking about the sexually explicit nature of her writing-touted as a Chinese Lady Chatterly's Lover-expressing her pleasure in the lengthy foreword: "So to all you readers who see the erotic in K, I congratulate you on your luck." Hong writes of the illicit love affair between young Julian Bell, son of Vanessa and nephew of Virginia Woolf, and Lin Cheng, then the wife of a college dean who is Julian's employer in China. Grabbing the freedom to blend fact with fiction, Hong imagines, quite vividly, all the angst, guilt, and eroticism involved in the taboo union between a "respectable" Chinese woman and a "foreign devil." Set against the backdrop of the Japanese invasion of China and all its attendant horror, the book conveys a vivid sense of the disparities between sensibilities both emotional and physical. This is a fast and interesting read that will not disappoint those looking for yet another literary work alluding to the Bloomsbury group. Recommended for all libraries. [The daughter of Ling Shuhua, on whom Lin Cheng is based, has brought suit against this book in China, claiming that it defames her mother. Hong Ying currently lives in London.-Ed.]-Michelle Reale, Elkins Park, P.
--Michelle Reale, Elkins Park, PA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Written with the elegant and poetic simplicity that has become Ying's hallmark, her latest novel is based on fact - the passionate affair between Bloomsbury Group favourite Julian Bell and Chinese intellectual Lin Cheng. The erotic tale is set against the backdrop of pre-revolution Peking, a place of sleaze and decadence. Lin teaches Julian the Daoist Art of Love, and finds him an eager pupil. For a time it is possible for them to ignore the disintegration of Chinese culture going on all around, and the distant drumbeats of war. But these elements come to overwhelm their illicit liaison with tragic consequences. Following on from Ying's acclaimed Summer Of Betrayal and her autobiography Daughter Of The River, the book is high on passion and emotion without ever straying over the line of good taste. In Julian Bell (nephew of Virginia Woolf) and Ling Cheng, Ying has drawn a pair of remarkable characters who each have their secrets to protect.(Kirkus UK)
虹影,享誉世界文坛的著名女作家。1962年生于重庆。曾在北京鲁迅文学院、上海复旦大学读书。代表作有长篇《K》、《阿难》、《饥饿的女儿》、《一个流浪女的未来》、诗集《鱼教会鱼歌唱》等。
编著有《海外中国女作家小说精选》、《以诗论诗》、《中国女作家异域生活小说选》、《墓床》等。
曾获“英国华人诗歌一等奖”、中国台湾《联合报》短篇小说奖新诗奖、纽约《特尔菲卡》杂志“中国最优秀短篇小说奖”,三部长篇被译成16种文字在欧美、以及以色列、日本等国出版。长篇自传体小说《饥饿的女儿》曾获中国台湾1997年联合报读书人最佳书奖,被权威媒体评为2000年十大人气作家之一。
听说《K》改名了,叫《英国情人》了。 没读过虹影的书,这本书买下来的原因只是因为看蚕宝的文章里8到陈西滢、凌叔华,然后说《K》这本小说其实是影射凌和伍尔芙的侄子朱利安的事情。 影射,是挺可怕的事情。 所以,回来陈和凌的女儿告了虹影。然后《K》被雷声大雨点小的禁...
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评分听说《K》改名了,叫《英国情人》了。 没读过虹影的书,这本书买下来的原因只是因为看蚕宝的文章里8到陈西滢、凌叔华,然后说《K》这本小说其实是影射凌和伍尔芙的侄子朱利安的事情。 影射,是挺可怕的事情。 所以,回来陈和凌的女儿告了虹影。然后《K》被雷声大雨点小的禁...
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