{"product_id":"the-drunkard-liu-yichang-9789882371866","title":"The Drunkard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Drunkard\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the first full-length stream-of-consciousness novels written in Chinese. It has been called the Hong Kong Novel, and was first published in 1962 as a serial in a Hong Kong evening paper. As the unnamed Narrator, a writer at odds with a philistine world, sinks to his drunken nadir, his plight can be seen to represent that of a whole intelligentsia, a whole culture, degraded by the brutal forces of history: the Second Sino-Japanese War and the rampant capitalism of post-war Hong Kong. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe often surrealistic description of the Narrator's inexorable descent through the seedy bars and night-clubs of Hong Kong, of his numerous encounters with dance-girls and his ever more desperate bouts of drinking, is counterpointed by a series of wide-ranging literary essays, analysing the Chinese classical tradition, the popular culture of China and the West, and the modernist movement in Western and Chinese literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe ambiance of Hong Kong in the early 1960s is graphically evoked in this powerful and poignant novel, which takes the reader to the very heart of Hong Kong. Hong Kong director Freddie Wong made a fine film version of the novel in 2004.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Liu Yichang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9882371868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789882371866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chinese University of Hong Kong Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Liu Yichang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994533036287,"sku":"9789882371866","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a83d314-2690-45cd-8112-51bb181d5ca4.jpg?v=1683330716","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-drunkard-liu-yichang-9789882371866","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}