A Dictionary of Maqiao

A Dictionary of Maqiao
Author	Han Shaogong
Original title	马桥词典
Translator	Julia Lovell
Country	China
Language	Chinese
Genre	Novel
Published	1996 (Chinese); 2003 (Columbia University Press) (English);
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	400 pp (Eng. trans. edition)
ISBN	0-231-12744-8 (Eng. trans. edition)
OCLC	51294122
Dewey Decimal	895.1/35 21
LC Class	PL2861.A662 M3613 2003

A Dictionary of Maqiao (Chinese: 马桥词典; pinyin: Mǎqiáo Cídiǎn) is a novel written by Chinese writer Han Shaogong.^[1] It was first published in 1996 and was translated into English by Julia Lovell in 2003.^[1] Yazhou Zhoukan selected it as one of the top 100 greatest Chinese novels in the 20th century.^[2]

The novel is set in Maqiao, a village in Hunan province, China. It is written in the form of a dictionary, or more accurately, encyclopedia. It collects 115 ‘articles’ on Maqiao village life from the perspective of a young student sent there by the Down to the Countryside Movement. These ‘articles’ cohere into a story.

After the book was published, some critics claimed that was an imitation of Milorad Pavić's novel, Dictionary of the Khazars.^[3] The author, Han Shaogong, claimed never to have read Pavić's work.^[3] He brought a defamation case against the critics and won this case in 1999 at Haikou.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "A Dictionary of Maqiao by Han Shaogong". Random House. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
^ Donna Kilgore (2008). "Han Shaogong". In Michael Sollars; Arbolina Llamas Jennings (eds.). The Facts on File Companion to the World Novel: 1900 to the Present. pp. 340–341. ISBN 1438108362.
^ ^a ^b ^c Paola Iovene (2002). "Authenticity, Postmodernity, and Translation: The Debates around Han Shaogong's Dictionary of Maqiao" (PDF). Aion.

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[random-1] "A Dictionary of Maqiao by Han Shaogong". Random House. Retrieved 2017-12-05.

[2] Donna Kilgore (2008). "Han Shaogong". In Michael Sollars; Arbolina Llamas Jennings (eds.). The Facts on File Companion to the World Novel: 1900 to the Present. pp. 340–341. ISBN 1438108362.

[iovene-3] Paola Iovene (2002). "Authenticity, Postmodernity, and Translation: The Debates around Han Shaogong's Dictionary of Maqiao" (PDF). Aion.

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