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Sandalwood Death (Chinese: 檀香刑) is a 2001 novel by Nobel prize-winning author Mo Yan. The English version, translated by Howard Goldblatt, was released in 2013 by the University of Oklahoma Press. Plot summary
Mar 1, 2001 · Sandalwood Death is set during the Boxer Rebellion (1898–1901)—an anti-imperialist struggle waged by North China’s farmers and craftsmen in opposition to Western influence.
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Nov 15, 2012 · Sandalwood Death is set during the Boxer Rebellion (1898–1901)—an anti-imperialist struggle waged by North China’s farmers and craftsmen in opposition to Western influence.
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A novel set in early twentieth century China, where a rebellious opera singer is sentenced to death by a former executioner who becomes his father-in-law. The novel explores the themes of sound, rebellion, oppression and brutality in the context of the Boxer Rebellion and the German occupation.
Apr 7, 2014 · Set in turn-of-the-century China at the dawn of the boxer Rebellion, Sandalwood Death explores the violent intersection of unstoppable global forces on the scale of vulnerable, individual lives.
Dec 21, 2013 · DISSONANT SOUNDS inspired Nobel-prize-winning Chinese author Mo Yan’s standout novel, Sandalwood Death (originally published in China in 2001, and translated in 2012 by Howard Goldblatt).
Feb 27, 2017 · Sandalwood Death is peppered with important historical figures like Yuan Shikai, who nearly succeeded in restoring the dynastic system in China (as self-appointed emperor) in 1915, and the “six gentleman of the 100 days' reform,” who were condemned to death by the Empress Dowager.
