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Author | Mo Yan |
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Original title | 檀香刑 |
Published | 2001 |
Published in English | 2013 |
Sandalwood Death ( Chinese: 檀香刑) is a 2001 novel by Nobel prize-winning author Mo Yan. [1] The English version, translated by Howard Goldblatt, was released in 2013 by the University of Oklahoma Press. [2]
Maoqiang (猫腔) opera singer Sun Bing, a leader of the Boxer Rebellion, is sentenced to death for attacking at the hands of his daughter's father-in-law, an executioner known for killing by "sandalwood death," a slow method of punishment in which the victim is skewered with a cured sandalwood rod. [3]
In his author's note, Yan writes that he had difficulty telling friends what his book was about, eventually electing to tell them it was "all about sound." [4]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (December 2018) |
![]() First edition (Chinese) | |
Author | Mo Yan |
---|---|
Original title | 檀香刑 |
Published | 2001 |
Published in English | 2013 |
Sandalwood Death ( Chinese: 檀香刑) is a 2001 novel by Nobel prize-winning author Mo Yan. [1] The English version, translated by Howard Goldblatt, was released in 2013 by the University of Oklahoma Press. [2]
Maoqiang (猫腔) opera singer Sun Bing, a leader of the Boxer Rebellion, is sentenced to death for attacking at the hands of his daughter's father-in-law, an executioner known for killing by "sandalwood death," a slow method of punishment in which the victim is skewered with a cured sandalwood rod. [3]
In his author's note, Yan writes that he had difficulty telling friends what his book was about, eventually electing to tell them it was "all about sound." [4]