Five Spice Street (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)

Five Spice Street tells the story of a street in an unnamed city whose inhabitants speculate on the life of a mysterious Madam X. The novel interweaves their endless suppositions into a work that is at once political parable and surreal fantasia. Some think X is 50 years old; others that she is 22. Some believe she has occult powers and has thereby enslaved the young men of the street; others think she is a clever trickster playing mind games wit...

By Can Xue
Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press (March 24, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780300122275
ISBN-13: 978-0300122275
ASIN: 0300122276
Product Dimensions: 5 x 1 x 7.8 inches
Amazon Rank: 2647410
Format: PDF Text TXT ebook

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