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"Bad Son" Author: Bai Xianyong Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press
"Bad Son" Author: Bai Xianyong Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press
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Introduction · · · · · ·
"Bad Sons" is a novel written by Pai Hsien-yung depicting the world of homosexuals.
The "bad children" in the book are vulnerable children, abandoned on the streets, driven out of their homes, repeatedly running away from home or not understood. They gather in semi-dark secret places, indulge in love for money, and succumb to the elders who set beacons for their short-lived fate. In the end, they still have to warm each other in the rough and violent tenderness of their fate. They will be stunned to hear a legend of this secret kingdom; these children are depraved and perverse, but they are rich in feelings and willing to sacrifice; the stories of their predecessors often play a role in their collective identity. These lost children without collars on their necks survive because of some incredible things that are forcibly pulled out of their downfall. The "old man Guo" in the book, a hedonist in the sex market, keeps images for each "newcomer" as he arrives. His "Youth Bird Collection" is a permanent album that preserves young teenagers who are in danger but deified.
——Yin Ling, "An Opera that Turns Tragedy into Gold Powder: Pai Hsien-yung's Novels in Europe"
About the Author · · · · · ·
Bai Xianyong is a novelist, essayist, critic and playwright. He was born in Guilin, Guangxi in 1937. He is the son of the famous general Bai Chongxi. He graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at National Taiwan University and received a master's degree in literary creation from the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa. He has written short story collections "Lonely Seventeen Years Old", "Taipei People" and "The New Yorker", novel "The Wicked Son", essay collections "The Tree Is Still Like This", "Looking Back Suddenly", "Star Cafe" and "The Sixth Finger", stage play script "A Dream in the Garden", film scripts "The Last Night of Lady Jin", "Sister Yuqing", "Lonely Love Flower" and "The Last Nobleman", etc. He has reorganized the Ming Dynasty opera "The Peony Pavilion" by Tang Xianzu and "The Jade Hairpin" by Gao Lian, and wrote a biography of his father Bai Chongxi, "The Photo Album of General Bai Chongxi". After 2004, he invested heavily in the production and performance of the Kunqu opera classic "The Peony Pavilion". The youth version of "The Peony Pavilion" has been performed more than 200 times so far, causing a great sensation in the Chinese world and launching an opportunity for the revival of Kunqu opera on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
