Description: Further DetailsTitle: Curses of the Kingdom of XixiaCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackISBN-10: 1438494947EAN: 9781438494944ISBN: 9781438494944Publisher: Excelsior EditionsRelease Date: 11/01/2023Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 25mmItem Weight: 227gAuthor: Xue Mo, Fan Pen Li ChenTranslator: Fan Pen Li ChenContributor: Fan Pen Li Chen (Translated by)Genre: FictionTopic: Historical FictionBook Series: Excelsior EditionsType: Contemporary FictionDescription: Winner of the 2024 New York City Big Book Award in the World Literature category Finalist for the 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Multicultural Fiction categoryXue Mo's novel Curses of the Kingdom of Xixia presents a rich tapestry of the history, religion, lore, and customs of a region in present-day northwestern China. During its heyday, the Sino-Tibetan kingdom of Xixia (pronounced see-sia; 1038–1227), also known as the Tanguts, rivaled the Song dynasty (960–1279) of China and boasted a cavalry so formidable that the Chinese paid tribute to it to maintain peace. Using the discovery of "lost" manuscripts as a frame, the novel presents historical events and tales of semifictional characters, including the avatar of a local Tantric Buddhist goddess, a Dakini/Vajrayogini named Snow Feather. Taking the readers through different historical times and the various geographical and cultural spaces of the region, Xue Mo reveals truths by blurring the distinction between good and evil, beauty and hideousness, reality and fiction, permanence and impermanence. Magical realism and mimesis coexist. Reality merges with illusion, the mundane with the supernatural.Release Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Curses of the Kingdom of Xixia
Title: Curses of the Kingdom of Xixia
ISBN-10: 1438494947
EAN: 9781438494944
ISBN: 9781438494944
Release Date: 11/01/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Fan Pen Li Chen
Contributor: Fan Pen Li Chen (Translated by)
Series: Excelsior Editions
Type: Contemporary Fiction
Book Title: Curses of the Kingdom of Xixia
Number of Pages: 710 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: STATE University of New York Press
Topic: Cultural Heritage, Historical
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Xue Mo
Item Width: 6 in
Book Series: Excelsior Editions Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
