An edition of Rose, Rose, I love you (1998)

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An edition of Rose, Rose, I love you (1998)

Rose, Rose, I love you

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In this lively translation of Wang Chen-ho's ribald satire, a Taiwanese village loses all perspective - and common sense - at the prospect of fleecing a shipload of lusty and lonely American soldiers. A rotund, excitable high school English teacher receives word that 300 GIs are coming from Vietnam for a weekend of R & R.

He persuades the owners of the Big 4 brothels that they will all take in more U.S. dollars if the pleasure girls can speak a little English; his plan is to train fifty specially selected prostitutes in a "Crash Course for Bar Girls." But what begins as a simple plan to teach a few English phrases quickly becomes absurdly elaborate: courses will include an "Introduction to American Culture," a crash course on global etiquette, and a workshop in personal hygiene taught by Dr. "Venereal" Wang.

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English
Pages
183

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Rose, Rose, I love you
1998, Columbia University Press
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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Series
Modern Chinese literature from Taiwan

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
895.1/352
Library of Congress
PL2919.C426 M4313 1998, PL2919.C426M4313 199

The Physical Object

Pagination
183 p. ;
Number of pages
183

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL686595M
Internet Archive
roseroseiloveyou00wang
ISBN 10
0231112025
LCCN
97033519
OCLC/WorldCat
37442918
Goodreads
1037196

Work Description

At the prospect of fleeing a shipload of lusty and lonely American soldiers, a Taiwanese village loses all perspective - and common sense. The local high-school English teacher convinces the owners of the four major brothels in town to enlist his services in teaching the prostitutes some useful English phrases. But his plans soon spiral out of control. The irreverent novel by one of Taiwan's best-known writers is both a masterpiece of fiction and a vivid reflection on Taiwanese identity under the impact of Western culture.

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