Sandalwood Death: A Novel Volume 2

by Mo Yan

Book Overview

This powerful novel by Mo Yan--one of contemporary China's most famous and prolific writers--is both a stirring love story and an unsparing critique of political corruption during the final years of the Qing Dynasty, China's last imperial epoch. Sandalwood Death is set during the Boxer Rebellion (1898-1901)--an anti-imperialist struggle waged by North China's farmers and craftsmen in opposition to Western influence. Against a broad historical canvas,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806143398
• ISBN13: 9780806143392
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"