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Serve the People: an excerptPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, March 29, 2005 12:00 AM
The ESWN blog has translated Chapter 6 of the banned novella, Serve the People. Here is an excerpt: Everything was heaven sent. The heavens had arranged them to lock themselves inside No. 1 court and they could do whatever they want without any clothes on. They did not waste the opportunity. For three days and three nights, they were stark naked and they did not go outdoors. When they were hungry, they ate; when they were tired, they slept; when they woke up, they made love. Read the whole Chapter 6 of Serve the People in English on ESWN, where you can also find links to Chinese language versions of the story. UPDATE: From Brendan O'Kane: The characters for 'Chairman Mao' (毛主席) appear more than 20 times throughout the story. The name 'Mao Zedong,' however, does not appear. The characters are replaced by asterisks each time the name would occur - seven instances in all. It's completely obvious from context, though, e.g. "...a red-covered book, It would be interesting to see whether the author did this in the original, or whether the website hosting the story is trying to avoid a keyword block by the Nanny. |
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