The World of a Tiny Insect: A Memoir of the Taiping Rebellion and Its Aftermath

Description: The World of a Tiny Insect by Zhang Daye, Xiaofei Tian In 1861, when Chinas devastating Taiping rebellion began, the author was seven years old. The Taiping rebel army occupied Shaoxing, his hometown, and for the next two years, he hid from Taiping soldiers, local bandits, and imperial troops and witnessed gruesome scenes of violence and death. This book tells his story. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "From the cry of a tiny insect, one can hear the sound of a vast world..." So begins Zhang Dayes preface to The World of a Tiny Insect, his haunting memoir of war and its aftermath. In 1861, when Chinas devastating Taiping rebellion began, Zhang was seven years old. The Taiping rebel army occupied Shaoxing, his hometown, and for the next two years, he hid from Taiping soldiers, local bandits, and imperial troops and witnessed gruesome scenes of violence and death. He lost friends and family and nearly died himself from starvation, illness, and encounters with soldiers on a rampage. Written thirty years later, The World of a Tiny Insect gives voice to this history. A rare premodern Chinese literary work depicting a childs perspective, Zhangs sophisticated text captures the macabre images, paranoia, and emotional excess that defined his wartime experience and echoed through his adult life. The structure, content, and imagery of The World of a Tiny Insect offer a carefully constructed, fragmented narrative that skips in time and probes the relationships between trauma and memory, revealing both history and its psychic impact.Xiaofei Tians annotated translation includes an introduction that situates The World of a Tiny Insect in Chinese history and literature and explores the relevance of the book to the workings of traumatic memory. Author Biography Zhang Daye (b. 1854) is known only as the author of The World of a Tiny Insect. Xiaofei Tian is professor of Chinese literature at Harvard University. Among her recent publications is Visionary Journeys: Travel Writings from Early Medieval and Nineteenth-Century China. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Map of Authors Travels Translators Introduction Preface by Zhang Daye Part 1"Trip to Tiantai" An Account of Taizhou Prefecture The Six Counties of Taizhou The "One-Headed Woman" at Huangyan Ten Poems on Xianju The Birds of Xianju Part 2Birth and Early Childhood On the Run: 1861–1863 "Flames of War," Ghost Troops, and Other Strange Happenings Epidemic, Greed, and the Woman Dismembered at Lus Dyke The Occupation of Shaoxing and Its Aftermath Edible Flora and Fauna The Pleasures and Horrors of Childhood Narrow Escapes on Water Reunion with Father and Fathers Death Review "The author and narrator recounts his terrible experiences and miraculous survivals with a childs curiosity and in a vivid, straightforward way. But he also embeds what happened to him in a larger historical, philosophical, moral, and aesthetic context. No comparable primary source available in English does anything like this for the Taiping Rebellion." --Judith Zeitlin, University of Chicago Promotional Tian Prizes Winner of Patrick D. Hanan Book Prize for Translation (China and Inner Asia) 2016 (United States) Review Quote "The author and narrator recounts his terrible experiences and miraculous survivals with a childs curiosity and in a vivid, straightforward way. But he also embeds what happened to him in a larger historical, philosophical, moral, and aesthetic context. No comparable primary source available in English does anything like this for the Taiping Rebellion." --Judith Zeitlin, University of Chicago Details ISBN0295993170 Author Xiaofei Tian Short Title WORLD OF A TINY INSECT Publisher University of Washington Press Language English Translator Xiaofei Tian ISBN-10 0295993170 ISBN-13 9780295993171 Media Book Format Hardcover Illustrations Yes Year 2014 Imprint University of Washington Press Subtitle A Memoir of the Taiping Rebellion and Its Aftermath Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Seattle UK Release Date 2014-02-01 AU Release Date 2014-02-01 NZ Release Date 2014-02-01 US Release Date 2014-02-01 Pages 208 Publication Date 2014-02-01 DEWEY 951.034092 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Alternative 9780295804910 Series The World of a Tiny Insect We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132871615;

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