{"product_id":"platinum-bible-of-the-public-toilet-9781478024880","title":"Platinum Bible of the Public Toilet","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlatinum Bible of the Public Toilet\u003c\/i\u003e is the first English-language collection of short stories by Cui Zi’en, China’s most famous and controversial queer filmmaker, writer, scholar, and LGBTQ rights activist. Drawing on his own experiences growing up in socialist and postsocialist China, Cui presents ten queer coming-of-age stories of young boys and men as they explore their sexuality and desires. From a surreal fairytale depicting a ragtag crew of neighborhood boys in the throes of sexual awakening to a chronicle of the gender-bending and homoerotic entanglements of university students to romantic love triangle erotica to a story that examines teacher-student love and the norms of sex and age, Cui centers queer sexuality as a core part of human experience. Richly imaginative and vividly written, \u003ci\u003ePlatinum Bible of the Public Toilet\u003c\/i\u003e portrays the emergence of queer cultures in postsocialist China while foregrounding the commitments to one’s erotic and passio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Artist, activist, pioneer, and provocateur, Cui Zi’en is known for shaking up the world of Chinese queer cinema and standing at the forefront of the queer rights movement in China. Now, for the first time, a selection of his avant-garde literary works is available in English. This collection reveals Cui Zi’en’s strange literary universe, brimming with the uncanny, the philosophical, and the beautiful.” -- Michael Berry, author of * Enter the Clowns: The Queer Cinema of Cui Zi’en *\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003ePlatinum Bible of the Public Toilet\u003c\/i\u003e Cui Zi’en invites readers into an enchanted world of childhood innocence, family legends, and young love. Through vivid language and skilled storytelling, Cui creates a queer utopia where gender and sexual fluidity are celebrated in ways that challenge the patriarchal, heterosexual, and homosexual norms of our times. This collection showcases Cui as one of the most talented and original queer writers in the world today.” -- Hongwei Bao, author of * Contemporary Chinese Queer Performance *\u003cbr\u003e\"The volume’s abundant supplementary material includes meticulous footnotes, a lengthy interview with the author, and an appendix that illustrates the diversity of his artistic output. Throughout, Cui’s impulses to provoke the forces that repress sexuality and uphold literary conventions are grounded in joie de vivre. Reminiscent of the writings of Pier Paolo Pasolini, this is an indelible portrait of an artist.\" * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeries Editors’ Introduction \/ Carlos Rojas  vii\u003cbr\u003e Editors’ Introduction \/ Petrus Liu and Lisa Rofel  xi\u003cbr\u003e Preface \/ Translated by Petrus Liu  xxiii\u003cbr\u003e Uncle’s Elegant Life \/ Translated by Lisa Rofel  1\u003cbr\u003e Intrigue Like Fireworks \/ Translated by Fran Martin  10\u003cbr\u003e Some Admire Wisdom, Others Do Not \/ Translated by Derek Hird  20\u003cbr\u003e Orphans of the Japanese Empire \/ Translated by Elisabeth Lund Engebretsen  45\u003cbr\u003e The Silent Advent of the Age of Sexual Persuasion \/ Translated by Petrus Liu  71\u003cbr\u003e Men Men Men Women Women Women \/ Translated by Yizhou Guo  82\u003cbr\u003e Men Are Containers \/ Translated by Casey James Miller  117\u003cbr\u003e Fire and Wolf Share a Fondness for Male Beauty \/ Translated by Yizhou Guo  129\u003cbr\u003e Teacher Eats Biscuits Thin as Parchment \/ Translated by William F. Schroeder  141\u003cbr\u003e Platinum Bible of the Public Toilet \/ Translated by Wenqing Kang and Cathryn H. Clayton  153\u003cbr\u003e Interview with Cui Zi’en \/ Petrus Liu and Lisa Rofel  257\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Works by Cui Zi’en  273\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  279\u003cbr\u003e Contributors  283\u003cbr\u003e Place of First Publication  285","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409016824151,"sku":"9781478024880","price":80.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478024880.jpg?v=1730505109","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/platinum-bible-of-the-public-toilet-9781478024880","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}