The Monster That Is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China by David Wang

The Monster That Is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China

David Wang

416 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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In ancient China a monster called Taowu was known for both its vicious nature and its power to see the past and the future. Over the centuries Taowu underwent many incarnations until it became identifiable with history itself. Since the seventeent...

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