Summer of betrayal / a novel by Hong Ying ; translated from the Chinese by Martha Avery.

The impact of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on Chinese intellectuals through the eyes of Lin Ying, a poetess. She tries to make up for the lack of political freedom with a life of total sexual liberation, but there too the government is watching.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Luo wu dai. English
Main Author: Hong, Ying, 1962-
Other Authors: Avery, Martha, 1951- (Translator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Chinese
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1997.
Edition:First Amer. edition.
Subjects:
China > History > Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 > Fiction.
Beijing (China) > Fiction.
Women poets > Fiction.
Free love > Fiction.
Betrayal > Fiction.
Political fiction.
Historical fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Political fiction.
Historical fiction.
Physical Description:183 pages ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Description
Summary:
The impact of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on Chinese intellectuals through the eyes of Lin Ying, a poetess. She tries to make up for the lack of political freedom with a life of total sexual liberation, but there too the government is watching.
Note:Translated from author's revisions.
Call Number:PL2876.A614 L613 1997
ISBN:0374271755 (hc : alk. paper)
9780374271756 (hc : alk. paper)