Set among a remote cluster of cave dwellings in Shanxi province,
"There's Nothing I Can Do When I Think of You Late at Night" is a
genre-defying expos? of rural communism. In a series of vivid,
interlocking vignettes, several narrators speak of adultery,
bestiality, incest, and vice, revealing the consequences of desire
in a world of necessity.
The Wen Clan Caves are based on an isolated village where the
author, Cao Naiqian, lived during the Cultural Revolution. The land
is hard and unforgiving and the people suffer in poverty and
ignorance. Through the individual perspectives of the Wen Clan
denizens, a complete portrait of village life takes shape. Dark yet
lyrical, Cao's snapshots range from pastoral stories of childhood
innocence to shocking accounts of brutality and terror. His work
echoes William Faulkner's "Go Down, Moses" and Sherwood Anderson's
"Winesburg, Ohio," yet the author's depictions of elemental
passions and regional mores make the book entirely his own.
Celebrated for its economy of expression, flashes of humor, and
an emphasis on understatement rarely found in Chinese fiction,
"There's Nothing I Can Do When I Think of You Late at Night" is an
excellent introduction to the power and craft of Cao Naiqian. His
vivid personalities and unflinching realism herald the haunting
work of an original literary force.
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