Quetzalcoatl

Author: Xu Xiaobin
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Publishing Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This book is part of the "D.H. Lawrence Classic Classics" series. The Plumed Serpent, completed in 1926, features an Irish widow as its protagonist. Kate despises Western civilization and decides to seek a new life in Mexico, only to become entangled in the local movement to overthrow Catholicism and restore the ancient religion of the Plumed Serpent. Kate and Cipriano become involved, drawn by the unpredictable and attractive male force he embodies, keeping her in Mexico. She believes that the key to true life lies in the dynamic sexual relationship between men and women. This unity between men and women is the key to all life today and all future possibilities. All new life comes from this key unity between men and women. This is the core. The novel begins in the late Qing Dynasty, telling the dramatic and tumultuous fate of a family's five generations of women. The five women, each with distinct personalities, replicate, mutate, and pursue self-identity across the vast changes of time and space, and through the inheritance of their bloodline. The novel employs multiple narrative techniques, with a plot that is strange and mysterious, language that is poetic and painterly, and imagination that is boundless. It reveals the unique spiritual essence of women's lives from a unique perspective. The magnificent century-long time span of The Plumed Serpent and the vast historical canvas, with the stories of the numerous women of the five generations vividly emerging like bas-reliefs, make this work a record-breaker in women's writing of the 1990s. Without a doubt, The Plumed Serpent is the most painstaking and transformative work in Xu Xiaobin's writing. The true significance of The Plumed Serpent may only become apparent many years later.