Cries in the Drizzle - Brossura

Hua, Yu

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0307279995 ISBN 13: 9780307279996

Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007

Riassunto

The middle of three sons, Sun Guanglin feels out of place in his family's home, especially when his father sends him away to live with strangers at the age of six, but upon his return at the age of twelve, the family house burns to the ground, setting in motion a fateful series of events that changes his life and that of his family forever. Original. 17,500 first printing.

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Praise for Yu Hua’s Chronicle of a Blood Merchant

“Immensely moving. . . . Artfully constructed, beautifully written, and stealthily consuming–it repeatedly stops you in your tracks.” —The Boston Globe

“Epic. . . . Offers unforgettable images of cruelty and kindness.”
—The Washington Post Book World

“Vital and electric. . . . Shows the persistence of human sensibility in the face of totalitarian logic.”
—Slate

L'autore

YU HUA was born in 1960 in Zhejiang, China. He finished high school during the Cultural Revolution and worked as a dentist for five years before beginning to write in 1983. He has published four novels, six collections of stories, and three collections of essays. His work has been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Japanese, and Korean. In 2002 Yu Hua became the first Chinese writer to win the prestigious James Joyce Foundation Award. His novelTo Live was awarded Italy's Premio Grinzane Cavour in 1998, and To Liveand Chronicle of a Blood Merchant were named two of the last decade's ten most influential books in China. Yu Hua lives in Beijing.

Allan H. Barr is the translator of a collection of short stories by Yu Hua, and his research on Ming and Qing literature has been published both in the West and in China. He is Professor of Chinese at Pomona College.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0307279995
• ISBN 13: 9780307279996
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 320