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Author Beitong

Title Beijing comrades / by Bei Tong ; translated by Scott E. Myers
Published New York : The Feminist Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Alaska Digital Library
Contents Translator's note -- Beijing comrades -- Postscript to the revised Tohan Taiwan edition -- From identity to social protest: The cultural politics of Beijing comrades
Summary "When Handong, a ruthless and wealthy businessman, is introduced to Lan Yu, a naive, working-class architectural student-the attraction is all consuming. Arrogant and privileged, Handong is unsettled by this desire, while Lan Yu quietly submits. Despite divergent lives, the two men spend their nights together, establishing a deep connection. When loyalties are tested, Handong is left questioning his secrets, his choices, and his very identity. Beijing Comrades is the story of a torrid love affair set against the sociopolitical unrest of late-eighties China. Due to its depiction of gay sexuality and its critique of the totalitarian government, it was originally published anonymously on an underground gay website within mainland China. This riveting and heartbreaking novel, circulated throughout China in 1998, quickly developed a cult following, and remains a central work of queer literature from the People's Republic of China. This is the first English-language translation of Beijing Comrades. Bei Tong is the anonymous author of Beijing Comrades. The author's real-world identity has been a subject of ongoing debate since the novel was first published. Scott E. Myers is a translator of Chinese who focuses on contemporary queer fiction from the PRC. Petrus Liu is an associate professor of humanities at Yale-NUS College, Singapore"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Print version record
Subject Gay men -- China -- Fiction
FICTION -- Gay.
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Censorship.
FICTION -- General.
Gay men
China
Genre/Form Romance fiction
Gay fiction
Erotic fiction
Fiction
Gay erotic fiction.
Romance fiction.
Form Electronic book
Author Myers, Scott E., translator
ISBN 9781558619081
1558619089
Other Titles 880-01 Beijing gu shi. English
880-01/$1 蓝宇(北京故事). English