Massage (novel) explained

Massage
Language:Chinese
Author:Bi Feiyu
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Translator:Howard Goldblatt & Sylvia Li-chun Lin (2015)

Massage is a 2008 Chinese novel by Bi Feiyu about blind masseurs. It won the 8th Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2011, one of China's most prestigious literary awards.[1] [2] The novel has been translated into English (by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin), German (by Marc Hermann), Russian (by Natalia Vlasova), Korean (by Moon Hyun-seon), and Japanese (by Yutori Iizuka).

Massage was adapted into a 2013 TV series See Without Looking, a 2014 film Blind Massage (which won Asian Film Award for Best Film and Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film), as well as a successful stage production.

References

  1. Web site: Whitehead . Kate . 2015-05-13 . Chinese novelist Bi Feiyu opens readers' eyes to blind masseurs' world . 2024-02-18 . South China Morning Post . en.
  2. Web site: Yang . Guang . 2011-08-21 . Five books awarded Mao Dun prize . 2024-02-18 . China Daily.