From Library Journal
It appears that the author of K could not be happier that people
are talking about the sexually explicit nature of her
writing-touted as a Chinese Lady Chatterly's Lover-expressing her
pleasure in the lengthy foreword: "So to all you readers who see
the erotic in K, I congratulate you on your luck." Hong writes of
the illicit love affair between young Julian Bell, son of Vanessa
and nephew of Virginia Woolf, and Lin Cheng, then the wife of a
college dean who is Julian's employer in China. Grabbing the
freedom to blend fact with fiction, Hong imagines, quite vividly,
all the angst, guilt, and eroticism involved in the taboo union
between a "respectable" Chinese woman and a "foreign devil." Set
against the backdrop of the Japanese invasion of China and all its
attendant horror, the book conveys a vivid sense of the disparities
between sensibilities both emotional and physical. This is a fast
and interesting read that will not disappoint those looking for yet
another literary work alluding to the Bloomsbury group. Recommended
for all libraries. [The daughter of Ling Shuhua, on whom Lin Cheng
is based, has brought suit against this book in China, claiming
that it defames her mother. Hong Ying currently lives in
London.-Ed.]-Michelle Reale, Elkins Park, P.
--Michelle Reale, Elkins Park, PA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers
to an alternate Paperback edition.
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