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Five Spice Street

Pocket
Engelsk
The Margellos World Republic of Letters
Five Spice Street
Five Spice Street
  • Forfatter: Can Xue
  • Format: Pocket
  • Antall sider: 352
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • Serienavn: The Margellos World Republic of Letters
  • EAN: 9780300167962
  • Utgivelsesår: 2012
  • Bidragsyter: Can Xue
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The first full-length novel by Chinese author Can Xue to appear in English

Five Spice Street tells the story of a street in an unnamed city whose inhabitants speculate on the life of a mysterious Madam X. The novel interweaves their endless suppositions into a work that is at once political parable and surreal fantasia. Some think X is 50 years old; others that she is 22. Some believe she has occult powers and has thereby enslaved the young men of the street; others think she is a clever trickster playing mind games with the common people. Who is Madam X? How has she brought the good people of Five Spice Street to their knees either in worship or in exasperation? The unknown narrator takes no sides in the endless interplay of visions, arguments, and opinions. The investigation rages, as the street becomes a Walpurgisnacht of speculations, fantasies, and prejudices. Madam X is a vehicle whereby the people bare their souls, through whom they