In 1993 China was hit with an “event that caused a great literary and publishing earthquake…” The Abandoned Capital hit bookstores in late July of 1993. This novel is Jia Pingwa’s graphic and sexual explicit insight on the contemporary life in Xijing, an ancient Chinese city. The novel never indicates time references but it is understood by readers that it is right after the Cultural Revolution. Jia is a well-known novelist that was famous for writing “…showed first 75 words of 1288 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1288 total…to emphasize sex. I myself haven’t read the novel but I do truly believe that he wrote the fictional novel to describe his feelings toward the Chinese society today. Most bold writers are often misunderstood and this case is no different. Maybe living in America all my life has given me the freedom to think this way but if China would lighten up a little it would be only then the real learning begins.