Taste of Apples

Name: Taste of Apples
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ISBN: 9780231122610

ISBN-10: 0231122616

ISBN-13: 9780231122610

Edition: 2001

Authors: Huang Huang Chun-ming, Howard Goldblatt, Huang Chun-ming

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From the preeminent writer of Taiwanese nativist fiction and the leading translator of Chinese literature come these poignant accounts of everyday life in rural and small-town Taiwan. Huang is frequently cited as one of the most original and gifted storytellers in the Chinese language, and these selections reveal his genius. In "The Two Sign Painters," TV reporters ambush two young workers from the country taking a break atop a twenty-four-story building. "His Son's Big Doll" introduces the tortured soul inside a walking advertisement, and in "Xiaoqi's Cap" a dissatisfied pressure-cooker salesman is fascinated by a young schoolgirl. Huang's characters -- generally the uneducated and…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 4/18/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 7.17" wide x 8.94" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Translator's Note


Preface


The Fish


The Drowning of an Old Cat


His Son's Big Doll


The Gong


Ringworms


The Taste of Apples


Xiaoqi's Cap


The Two Sign Painters


Sayonara / Zaijian


Bibliographic Note