The Last Knight-errant/侠隐

The Last Knight-errant/侠隐

张北海

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China National Publications Import & Export C
Año de edición:
2018
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9787208151550
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The Knight-errant Vanishing is the original novel adapted by Jiang Wen for his film Hidden Man. It tells a chivalrous tale set in the early Republic of China era, reviving through its prose the bygone zenith of old Beijing’s splendor.《侠隐》是姜文电影《邪不压正》原著小说。讲述一个民国初年的侠义故事,在文字中复活北平繁华顶点。Peking, during the Republic of China era.Undercurrents of unrest stirred the political situation. Japanese forces were growing restless, and resistance activities had already begun.The young martial adept Li Tianran, returned from America, found himself navigating the city’s labyrinthine hutongs in search of the mastermind behind the massacre of his martial brothers five years prior. As his investigation deepened, the capital’s intricate web of rival factions came to light-Japanese agents, pro-Japanese collaborators, established aristocratic families, crime bosses, socialites, and foreign journalists all played their parts, together brewing a storm that threatened to break at any moment.Yet deep within the alleys, inside the serene siheyuan courtyards, the lives of ordinary people carried on with unhurried ease. From the Mid-Autumn Festival to the Winter Solstice, from the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, then to Qingming and the Dragon Boat Festival... life continued its rhythm, until the crack of gunfire at Marco Polo Bridge.民国年间,北平。时局暗潮涌动,日本人的势力蠢蠢欲动,抗日活动已自展开。青年侠士李天然留美归来,为寻找五年前师门血案的元凶,深入古都的胡同巷陌。随着他调查的深入,京城各路人马的斗智斗狠浮出水面,日本特务、亲日分子、豪门旧户、黑帮老大、交际花、外国记者等轮番上阵,一起酝酿着山雨欲来的局势。胡同深处,四合院里,老百姓的日子仍然优哉游哉地过着。从中秋到冬至,从春节到元宵,再到清明,到端午......直到卢沟桥的那一声枪响。

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