Chinese erotic writer jailed for more than 10 years over gay sex scenes in a novel
The writer has stumbled into an old law that condemned writers who had sold more than 5,000 copies to 10 years in prison. According to … Read more
The writer has stumbled into an old law that condemned writers who had sold more than 5,000 copies to 10 years in prison. According to … Read more
This is the traditional Chinese edition of Jin Ping Mei (金瓶梅), the forbidden classical Chinese fiction by Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng, edited by YeShell. 《金瓶梅》,又名《金瓶梅词话》,中國明代小說,四大奇書之一,中国史上第一部文人独立创作的长篇白话世情章回小说,作者署为兰陵笑笑生。由於详细描述了古代市井平民的生活和社会现实,歷來研究的学说不少,通称金瓶梅学。 作者 … Read more
The author takes a revisionist approach to the novel based on his view that it is a fundamentally pluralistic narrative. Identifies chaos theory as a … Read more
The fullest translation of Jin Ping Mei available in English. This edition was derived from the Egerton translation, minus the Latin, with a few euphemisms … Read more