The Language of the Night -- Exquisite Contemporary Avant-garde Novels

Author: Nan Fan
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Publish Date: 2000-08-01
Features: This book focuses on a collection of works by some of the most outstanding avant-garde writers who emerged in the 1990s, including Han Dong, Lu Yang, Xi Yang, Bi Feiyu, Dong Xi, Xu Lan, Li Feng, as well as Wang Xiaobo, Yu Hua, Su Tong, Ge Fei, and Bei Cun. Avant-garde fiction takes on the mission of challenging, subverting, and dismantling the narrative conventions of traditional literature. It insists on maintaining a detached stance and an alienated discourse, stubbornly carving out a distinct cultural space. They articulate more authentic states of existence and inner needs.