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A Dictionary of Maqiao Author(s) Han Shaogong Original title 马桥词典 Translator Julia Lovell Country China Language Chinese Genre(s) Novel Publisher (Eng. trans.) Columbia University Press Publication date 1996 Published in
English11 June 2003 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Pages 400 pp (Eng. trans. edition) ISBN ISBN 0-231-12744-8 (Eng. trans. edition) OCLC Number 51294122 Dewey Decimal 895.1/35 21 LC Classification PL2861.A662 M3613 2003 A Dictionary of Maqiao (Chinese: 马桥词典; pinyin: Mǎqiáo Cídiǎn) is a novel written by Chinese writer Han Shaogong. It was first published in 1996 and has been translated into English by Julia Lovell. Yazhou Zhoukan selected it as one of the top 100 greatest Chinese novels in the 20th century.
Maqiao is a village in Hunan province, China. This novel is written in the form of a dictionary, or more accurately, encyclopedia. It collects 115 ‘articles’ on Maqiao village life from the perspective of a young student sent there by the Down to the Countryside Movement. These ‘articles’ do cohere into a story.
After this book was published, someones criticised that it violates the copyright of Pavic's novel, Dictionary of the Khazars. The author, Han Shaogong, brought a defamation case against the critics and won this case.
External links
- Han Shaogong Wins 2011 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature
- A Dictionary of Maqiao
- Complete Review of A Dictionary of Maqiao
Categories:- Chinese novels
- Books about the Cultural Revolution
- 1996 novels
- Novels set in China
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