Short Stories in Chinese: New Penguin Parallel Text - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0143118358 ISBN 13: 9780143118350

Casa editrice: Penguin Books, 2013

Riassunto

Here is the perfect introduction to contemporary fiction from the world's most spoken language. These eight short stories, with parallel translations, offer students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature without having constantly to refer to a dictionary. Richly diverse in themes and styles, the stories are by both new and well-established writers and range from a story by Li Rui about the honest simplicity of a Shanxi farmer to a story by Ma Yuan exposing the seamy underside of contemporary urban society. Complete with notes, these selections make excellent reading in either language.

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L'autore:

John Balcom is an award-winning translator, a past president of the American Literary Translators Association, and an associate professor and the head of the Chinese program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

“O, Xiangxue” —Tie Ning (b. 1957), translated by John Balcom

“The Ancestor” —Bi Feiyu (b. 1964), translated by John Balcom

“Dog” —Cao Naiqian (b. 1949), translated by John Balcom

“Plow Ox” —Li Rui (b. 1950), translated by John Balcom

“The Mistake” —Ma Yuan (b. 1953), translated by John Balcom

“Lanterns for the Dead” —Jiang Yun (b. 1954), translated by John Balcom

“Greasy Moon” —Jia Pingwa (b. 1953), translated by John Balcom

“Receiving the Precepts” —Wang Zengqi (1970–1997), translated by John Balcom

Notes on Chinese Texts

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0143118358
• ISBN 13: 9780143118350
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Redattore: Balcom John