When Fox is a Thousand
| Author | : Larissa Lai |
| Publisher | : arsenal pulp press |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1551521687 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781551521688 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (688 Downloads) |
Download or read book When Fox is a Thousand written by Larissa Lai and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lyrical, magical novel, rich with poetry and folklore plus elements of the fairytale. Larissa Lai interweaves three narrative voices and their attendant cultures: an elusive fox spirit growing toward wisdom and her 1000th birthday, the ninth-century Taoist poet/nun Yu Hsuan-Chi (a real person executed in China for murder), and the oddly named Artemis, a young Asian-American woman living in contemporary Vancouver. With beautiful and enchanting prose, and a sure narrative hand, Lai combines Chinese mythology, the sexual politics of medieval Chinea, and modern-day Vancouver to masterfully revise the myth of the Fox (a figure who can inhibit women's bodies in order to cause mischief).
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