THE BATHING WOMEN (Scribner, October 2012)
by Tie Ning
English translation by Zhang Hongling and Jason Sommer
Foreign Publishers:
| People's Literature |
China |
| Chuokoron-Shinsha |
Japan |
| Blue Door |
U.K. |
THE BATHING WOMEN introduces readers to one of the most popular novelists in China. Published to critical acclaim, it has sold more than a million copies in the People’s Republic, where it has also been adapted as a television series.
The novel takes three women – the sisters Tiao and Fan, and their friend Fei – from childhood during the Cultural Revolution to maturity in the new market economy of the ‘90s. It portrays women who struggle against the strong cross-currents of modern culture in an effort to gain a measure of spiritual freedom. Through their family relationships, loves and friendships, the book explores the themes of guilt and expiation.
(Available Online: Prologue and Chapter One.)
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