Pai hisenyungs only fulllength novel, crystal boys, is regarded as one of the pioneering literary works of lgbtq literature in taiwan during 1970s and 1980s. Bai xianyong academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Rae o0mzk4e86mld essays and primary source documents. Since his tender years, pai hsienyung had been leading a drifting life.
Bai xianyong ou pai hsienyung ne le 1 juillet 1937 a guilin en chine. Bai xianyong, aussi transcrit par pai hsienyung, ou kenneth. Pai is a prolific writer and has published more than ten novels and collections of short stories. Crystal boys is the first chinese novel on gay themes a qing, the adolescent hero, comes from an impoverished family his father casts him out after learning that his son is gay a qing drifts into new park, a gay hangout in taipei, and begins his life as a hustler he meets other boys living on the street, also forsaken by their families little jade, who is constantly scrystal boys is the first. Pais father was the famous kuomintang kmt general bai chongxi pai. Pai hsienyung, born july 11, 1937 is a taiwanese writer who has been described as a melancholy pioneer. Professor pai touches on the family dynamics that is quite unfamiliar to the western society. Crystal boys by hsienyung pai, 9780940567108, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Renowned writer, playwright and critic, bai xianyong pai hsienyung was at the center of attention earlier this year in taipei as crystal boys, adapted from his 1983 novel, premiered on the stage of the national theater. In 1951 his family emigrated to taiwan, where he received his university education. It is a psychological tale about aqing and his journey through which he grows and breaks out of his mold. Pai s father was the famous kuomintang kmt general bai chongxi pai chunghsi. Pai went abroad in 1963 to study literary theory and creative writing at the university of iowa in the iowa writers workshop. This document was uploaded by user and they confirmed that they have the permission to. In the few days following, the retired professor of chinese literature at the university of california, santa barbara. Linshan jiang takes us through crystal boysa canonical piece of. Pai hsienyung was born in kwangsi province, china, in 1937, the son of a distinguished general. That same year, pai s mother, the parent with whom pai had the closest relationship, died, and it was this death to which pai attributes the melancholy that pervades his work. He was born in guilin, guangxi, china at the cusp of both the second sinojapanese war and subsequent chinese civil war.
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