Massage (novel)

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Massage
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Author Bi Feiyu
Translator Howard Goldblatt & Sylvia Li-chun Lin (2015)
Language Chinese
Simplified Chinese 推拿
Literal meaning Tui na
Hanyu Pinyin Tuīná

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.

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References

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