← Zhang XianliangHalf of Man Is Womanby Zhang XianliangPhilosophical novel exploring human sexuality and male identity amid sufferingFind on Amazon↗About the authorZhang XianliangChinese novelist who drew on his own two decades of labor camp imprisonment to write harrowing fiction about survival and sexuality under Maoism. Half of Man Is Woman is his most controversial and celebrated novel.More by Zhang XianliangMimosa→Getting Used to Dying→