Backed Against the Sea (Ceas)

Written as the ludicrous and disturbing ramblings of an errant, pseudo-intellectual urbanite secluding himself from the underworld in an impoverished coastal village of Taiwan in the early 1960s, this novel prompted the first critical discussion of postmodernism in Chinese fiction and still stands as the most provocative and innovative narrative published in Taiwan over the past two decades.

Author: Wen-Hsing Wang
Publisher: Cornell University - Cornell East Asia Series
Published: 04/30/2011
Pages: 142
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 6.10h x 8.60w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780939657674

About the Author

Edward Gunn is Professor of Modern Chinese Literature, Asian Studies department, Cornell University.