Short Stories in Chinese

Name: Short Stories in Chinese
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ISBN: 9780143118350

ISBN-10: 0143118358

ISBN-13: 9780143118350

Edition: 2011

Authors: John Balcom

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A dual-language edition of Chinese stories-featuring many stories appearing in English for the first time. 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…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 6/25/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.396

Li Qiao has been one of Taiwan's most famous and prolific writers for the past forty years. He wrote his monumental saga, Wintry Night,over five years from 1975 to 1980.