Xiaolu Guo: Everyday Tang, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Everyday Tang
- On What We Can Learn from a Dynasty
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- Publisher:
- New York Review of Books, 09/2026
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781912559756
- Item number:
- 12162152
- Volume:
- 128 Pages
- Weight:
- 367 g
- Format:
- 175 x 116 mm
- Thickness:
- 10 mm
- Release date:
- 15.9.2026
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
Part travelogue, part historical reflection, Everyday Tang is a profound, and often startling, meditation on one period in Chinese history: the magnificent and cosmopolitan Tang Dynasty (618-907).
After decades living in England, writer and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo travelled to her native China with her daughter. Her objective was twofold: to show her eleven-year-old where she came from, and to discover what remained of an enigmatic period that had long fascinated her: the magnificent and cosmopolitan Tang Dynasty (618-907).
As they wander through the great cities of Xi'an and Luoyang, and cross the Wei and the Yangzi Rivers, Guo ponders the unique artistic, intellectual and social achievements of the Tang Dynasty and its influence on Western culture. Part travelogue, part historical reflection, Everyday Tang is a profound - and often startling - meditation on China's Golden Age.
Biography
Xiaolu Guo, geboren 1973 in einem Dorf am chinesischen Meer, ist in ihrer Heimat eine bekannte Filmemacherin und eine erfolgreiche Autorin. Seit 2002 hat sie auch einen Wohnsitz in London. "Stadt der Steine" ist der erste Roman, der im Westen erschien. Er wurde im April 2005 von der englischen Zeitung "The Independent" für den Foreign Fiction Prize nominiert.
