Loud Sparrows Contemporary Chinese Short-Shorts

Name: Loud Sparrows Contemporary Chinese Short-Shorts
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ISBN: 9780231138482

ISBN-10: 0231138482

ISBN-13: 9780231138482

Edition: 2006

Authors: Aili Mu, Julie Chiu, Howard Goldblatt, Bei Bei Dao

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Extremely short stories mdash;known as short-shorts mdash;have become a global phenomenon, but nowhere have they been embraced as enthusiastically as in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The form's artistic and aesthetic freedoms allow authors to capture the tone, texture, and chaos of their rapidly changing societies in infinitely inventive ways. Fragments and contingencies reveal unofficial histories, undocumented memories, and the trials of everyday individuals, and the genre's lean format is a welcome antidote to a culture characterized by rampant excess. Loud Sparrowsis a spirited collection of ninety-one short-shorts written by Chinese authors over the past three decades.…

Book details

List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 10/24/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.93" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

Aili Mu is associate professor of Chinese at Iowa State University.Julie Chiu is assistant professor of translation at Lingnan University in Hong Kong.Howard Goldblatt is research professor of East Asian languages and literatures at the University of Notre Dame and an internationally renowned translator.



Foreword



Introduction



Grooming


A Lover's Ear



Mothballs



A Shaved Head



Lover



Losing the Feet



Fad




Change


Wrong Number



Learning to Talk



A Seat



Self-Murder



Last Stop, Mongkok



Parting



The Beat




Choices


"Left" with No Chance



Sunday Morning



Jailbreak



A Cup of Tea



In the Haystack



Returning Home on a Stormy Night



Tied Together by Fate




Governance


The Busy Secretary



Cloth Shoes



Promotion Report



Purchase Request for a Kettle



A Capable Man Can't Handle a Small Case



Ears




Games


What's Up, Lao Cao?



General



Number Eight



Observe



Confinement



Here's How the Flu Spreads



The Upholder of Unity




Controversy


A Tail



Black Hen, White Hen



My One Comment Too Many



Gan Xiaocao's Bamboo Pole



Right to the Heart of the Matter



Sexual Harassment




Anticipations


Bed-Wetting



The Principle of Rebound



Accidental Confidante



Matching Sets



Home



Rendez-vous




Creatures


Cat



Pets



Sea Turtle



Flies



The Crow and the Fox



Waiting for a Windfall



Little Stray Cat




Sharing


Division



Postcards



The Cycle



Black Umbrella



Small-Hands Chen



It Was the Pumpkin That Brought Me Here



In-Law




(In)Fidelities


Elope



Frenchie



Hickey



Horse Talk



A Family Catastrophe



Hatred



Confession of a Photographer




Nourishment


Good Wine



Chimney Smoke



O Cafe



The Bus Stop and Haws-sicles



Granny Drunkard



Tea Scum




Weirdness


Disputatiasis



The Features-Column Editor's Day-dream



Death Dream



Empty Seat



Little, Little, Little, Little, Little...



Strange Encounter




?


An Explosion in the Living Room



Going Home



It Looks As If...



Not Seen



My Wife Finally Goes Camping



Contemplating Water




Elegy


Father



A Knock at the Door



Grandpa Pothook



Killer Well



Looking Back at Life at the Moment of Death



An Encounter with General Zhou




Looking Backward and Looking Ahead


The Look



Notes


About the Authors