Can someone help me find 王小波《黄金时代》

[yedafu]

Hi everybody!

can someone please help me find a link to 王小波 novel 《黄金时代》i planning on purchasing the book- but also want a digital version. 

Thanks in advance,

 

[gato]

Here is an online version of the novel:

http://www.sbkk8.cn/huangjinshidai/

[roddy]

"有一天她从山上下来，和我讨论她不是破鞋的问题。"

That line always makes me smile. 

[yedafu]

Indeed one of the classic- thanks for the replays! but its seems like this version is edited- do you guys happens to know some other resources for the book? 

[Geiko]

I read it from haodoo.net. Bear in mind that this version is in traditional characters, and that it's only the short story called 《黄金时代》. It seems that the book contains four more stories (see here). 

[roddy]

So far you've spent two days looking for it. The electronic version is 2Y on Amazon.cn. 

[yedafu]

Can i be sure the version they offer is not edited? 

[roddy]

What actual edits are you concerned about? I'll refund the 2Y if you're not happy. 

[yedafu]

well the coursing and the sex parts...if they are edited what the fun with this book?

[roddy]

With that attitude, sir, you are not fit to read the book. Back to 网络小说!

 

I don't know. It's 2Y. There are probably OCR errors. Like I say, it's 2Y. What do you expect for free, which is what 2Y is. 

[Lu]

Perhaps there is also a better version for sale somewhere online? Might as well spend money on the real thing instead of something pirated, even if the author is dead. It's not like Chinese novels are expensive, even at the full price.

[Guest realmayo]

Is there reason to think the Amazon books are pirated?

[Angelina]

who knows, realmayo, it's China after all

[Lu]

@realmayo: I was unclear, sorry. Free books would generally be pirated, but books on Amazon would probably be legit, although at 2Y wouldn't necessarily expect good quality, and good quality might cost a little more.

[Guest realmayo]

Ah I see, I asked because I'm puzzled at how cheap (or often, how deeply discounted) many of the Amazon novels are, and why.

[roddy]

Just noticed that 20 years (!) after his death, two of Wang's works are topping bestseller lists on Amazon.cn. Not quite sure what 沉默的大多数  is doing in 小说*, but never mind.

 

[somethingfunny]

So, this 黄金时代 book, is it any good?

 

I see there's a film adaptation, maybe I'll watch that.

[Lu]

1 minute ago, somethingfunny said:

So, this 黄金时代 book, is it any good?

Search the forums a bit, some people love it. It's neither overly long nor overly difficult, so just read it and you'll know if you're one of them.

[somethingfunny]

Pretty much the exact response I was looking for.

[roddy]

It's kind of daft, but it's been fifteen years or since I read some of his essays (on a Palm TX or T3?, compiled, for I have no idea what reason, as a .chm file downloaded from eMule*) on the Beijing Subway, but if you asked me to recommend a Chinese author for a starting-out reader of Chinese, that's still what I'd go for.

 

*Man, that sentence made me feel old. For the kids: Palm devices were like smartphones, but they couldn't make phone calls. Yeah, like an iPod Touch, but three times as bulky. .Chm files I still don't know, I just remember spending ages getting that one to open. And eMule was... well, imagine the world had only one hard drive...