dijous, 28 de març del 2013

Club de lectura de novel·la històrica: Cignes salvatges

Cignes salvatges és la història de tres generacions d'una família xinesa on les protagonistes són Yu Fang, Bao Qin i Jung Chang, àvia, mare i l'autora del relat respectivament. A través de les seves vides assistim a la transformació de Xina en un estat modern.
 
El relat comença a les darreries de la Xina imperial, amb una dinastia Qing ja decadent. Yu Fang, l'àvia de l'autora, com moltes de les dones del seu moment, li embenaren els peus ja de nena. Així mateix, per ascendir d'estatus econòmic, esdevingué concubina d'un senyor de la guerra del nord de Xina. De la mà d'aquest testimoni assistim a la Xina més tradicional i coneixem més d'a prop les rigoroses etiqueta i jerarquia manxús.
A la filla d'aquesta, Bao Qin, li tocà viure un moment històric molt diferent: encara d'adolescent passà a militar de forma activa en el Partit Comunista Xinès (PCX). Com a guàrdia roja viatjà per Xina prenent consciència d'altres realitats, patint l'austeritat extrema a la que estaven obligats a viure com a models per a la resta del poble.

Finalment, amb l'autora, Jung Chang, passem d'aquesta visió idealista del comunisme xinès fins a la crítica implícita i el seu posterior exili al Regne Unit.

Com podem veure ja només en l'amplitud del marc cronològic de la novel·la, ens introduirem en la història contemporània de Xina des de la història oral primer i, més endavant, amb el testimoni de l'escriptora. No obstant, des d'un bon inici ha estat un llibre polèmic: la llengua original del relat no és pas el xinès sinó l'anglès; així mateix és un testimoni que va deixar la Xina de la que ens parla fa molts anys.
Publicat per primer cop el 1991, Cignes salvatges ha guanyat el NCR Book Award (1992) i el British Book of the Year (1993) i actualment compta amb traduccions a una trentena de llengües i més de tretze milions de còpies venudes. Així mateix, se'n feu una adaptació al teatre dirigida per Young Vic (2012).

Jung Chang nasqué a Sichuan, província del sud de Xina, al 1952. Ella ha estat testimoni de la Revolució Cultural sent encara una adolescent i, ja de jove, del Gran Salt Endavant, episodis clau per entendre la Xina del segle XXI. Actualment resideix a Londres des d'on desenvolupa la seva tasca com a escriptora. Destaquem Cignes salvatges com una de les seves obres més conegudes i la més recent, Mao: the Unknown Story (2005).

Altres llibres recomanats:

Yu Hua, ¡Vivir!, 1993.
Qian Zhongshu, La fortaleza asediada, 1974.
Spence, John, La traición escrita, 2006.
Mo Yan, Sorgo rojo, 1987.
Gao Xingjian, El libro de un hombre solo, 2000.
Amy Tan, El club de la buena estrella, 1989.
Mateos Miret, Roger, El país del presidente eterno. Crónica de un viaje a Corea del Norte, 2008.


Núria Ribas Valls
Llicenciada en Estudis d'Àsia Oriental
                                  

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