The Butcher's Wife Author:Li Ang, Howard Goldblatt (Translator), Ellen Yeung (Translator) Translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt and Ellen Yeung. — Since its first publication in China, The Butchers' Wife, which is based on a 1930's homicide in Shanghai, has triggered cries of outrage and denial. — Lin Shi's arranged marriage to a pig butcher is a triumph for her uncle but tragic for Lin Shi. Tormented by ... more »her husband and shunned by her nieghbors, her life in the small Chinese village is miserable. Only when her husband insists she earn her keep by workng in the slaughterhouse does Lin Shi discover the means for her escape.« less