Feathered Serpent

"A Chinese version of One Hundred Years of Solitude." -- Li Yonghong, Contemporary Literature Scene"Feathered Serpent may be viewed as a twenty first-century Chinese version of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment." -- Chen Fumin, Literature Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences"Xu Xiaobin's mysterious and meditati ve writing goes much further. Her aparent desire is to emphasize that which is unknown and unknowable in the human heart, in the character's destiny, and in the civilization he or she inhabits." -- Jin Siyan, acclaimed author in present-day China"A unique bok worth a patient reading and understanding; its richness, its depth, and its beauty all demonstrat e that Chinese contemporary women's literary writing has arrived at a high level." -- Chen Xiaoming, a top critic and professor of Chinese literature at Peking University--This text refers to the Paperbackedition.