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The Death of Woman Wang by Jonathan D. Spence

The Death of Woman Wang

By Jonathan D. Spence

By Jonathan D. Spence

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Paperback $15.00

Mar 29, 1979 | ISBN 9780140051216

The Death of Woman Wang by Jonathan D. Spence
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Mar 29, 1979 | ISBN 9780140051216

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About The Death of Woman Wang

“Spence shows himself at once historian, detective, and artist. . . . He makes history howl.” (The New Republic)
 
Award-winning author Jonathan D. Spence paints a vivid picture of an obscure place and time: provincial China in the seventeenth century. Life in the northeastern county of T’an-ch’eng emerges here as an endless cycle of floods, plagues, crop failures, banditry, and heavy taxation. Against this turbulent background a tenacious tax collector, an irascible farmer, and an unhappy wife act out a poignant drama at whose climax the wife, having run away from her husband, returns to him, only to die at his hands. Magnificently evoking the China of long ago, The Death of Woman Wang also deepens our understanding of the China we know today.

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About Jonathan D. Spence

Jonathan D. Spence’s 11 books on Chinese history include The Gate of Heavenly Peace, Treason by the Book, and The Death of Woman Wang. He has been awarded Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowships and is professor emeritus of history at Yale University.

Product Details

Category: Asian World History

Paperback | $15.00
Published by Penguin Books
Mar 29, 1979 | 192 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140051216

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Praise

Praise for The Death of Woman Wang:
 
“Whether judged as fiction or as historical reconstruction, [this] is a masterpiece of style and narration.”
—Harold Bloom
 
“An unforgettable book of historical re-creation.”
—The New Republic

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
One: The Observers
Two: The Land
Three: The Widow
Four: The Feud
Five: The Woman Who Ran Away
Epilogue: The Trial
Notes
Bibliography

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