Le banquet aphrodisiaque

by Li Ang

Comment digérer le passé ? Tantôt doux-amer, tantôt piquant, le roman de Li Ang, figure majeure de la littérature taïwanaise contemporaine, donne chair à une histoire politique sensible du vingtième siècle taïwanais. De l'humble riz au curry de la période coloniale japonaise au thé aux perles de la démocratisation de l'île, en passant par les nouilles au boeuf des prisons de la Terreur blanche, chaque chapitre est un plat où se livrent à petit feu autant d'histoires alternatives de la construction de cette société insulaire. Mémoire sensorielle de la protagoniste Wang Chi-fang et de sa famille, le Banquet aphrodisiaque nous invite a un festin où passe à la casserole un siècle de relations de pouvoir - de l'intime à l'international,.

252 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2007

About the author

Li Ang (李昂; real name Shih Shu-tuan with Li Ang being her pen name) (born April 7, 1952, in Lukang, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese feminist writer. After graduating from Chinese Culture University with a degree in philosophy, she studied drama at the University of Oregon, after which she returned to teach at her alma mater. Her major work is The Butcher's Wife (殺夫: 1983, tr. 1986), though she has a copious output. Feminist themes and sexuality are present in much of her work. Many of her stories are set in Lukang.

Li Ang is known for her idiosyncratic, candid and penetrating insights on gender politics in the social life in contemporary Taiwan. Beginning her writing career at the age of 16, she has published nearly twenty novels and collections of short stories centering on women in such topics as pubescent female psychosexuality, feminism and gender, sex and female subjectivity. Her bold and successive broaching of subjects bordering on the taboo within the cultural context of Taiwan has earned her extensive critical acclaim both in the world of Chinese letters and internationally. Translated into different languages and published world-wide, many of her works have been reviewed by leading newspapers in many countries, including The New York Times, and made into films and T.V. series. In 2004, Li Ang was awarded the “Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French Minister of Culture and Communication in recognition of her outstanding contribution to world literature.

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Reviews

[Citron Pineapple · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know this one it’s not everybody’s cup of tea lol

[C Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

Damn, isn’t it masterpiece? Let me get fair review lol.

[Yunling · Rating 3 out of 5]

有鴛鴦嗎？明顯地，春膳寫的好。其中，也處處品嚐台灣文化的味道。