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Sound and Silence

Sound and Silence

My Experience with China and Literature

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  • Release Date: 23/04/2024
  • Barcode: 9781478030393
  • Genre: Poetry & Drama
  • Sub-Genre: Literary Criticism
  • Imprint: Duke University Press
  • Publisher: Duke University Press
Sound and Silence

Sound and Silence

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My Experience with China and Literature
Yan Lianke is a world-renowned author of novels, short stories, and essays whose provocative and nuanced writing explores the reality of everyday life in contemporary China. In Sound and Silence, Yan compares his literary project to a blind man carrying a flashlight whose role is to help others perceive the darkness that surrounds them. Often described as China’s most censored author, Yan reflects candidly on literary censorship in contemporary China. He outlines the Chinese state’s project of national amnesia that suppresses memories of past crises and social traumas. Although being banned in China is often a selling point in foreign markets, Yan argues that there is no requisite correlation between censorship and literary quality. Among other topics, Yan also examines the impact of American literature on Chinese literature in the 1980s and 1990s. Encapsulating his perspectives on life, writing, and literary history, Sound and Silence includes an introduction by translator Carlos Rojas and an afterword by Yan.

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  • Contributor: Carlos Rojas (Translated by), Carlos Rojas (Introduction by)
  • Translator: Carlos Rojas
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