Taipei People

Name: Taipei People
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ISBN: 9789622018594

ISBN-10: 9622018599

ISBN-13: 9789622018594

Edition: 2000

Authors: Hsien-Yung Pai, Patia Yasin, George Kao

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Description:

The stories in this book appeared some thirty years ago over a period of time in the magazine Hsien-tai wen hsueh (Modern Literature), which Pai Hsien-yung, the author, and other young writers founded, edited and wrote for in Taiwan. Published in book form in 1971 under the title Taipei jen (Taipei People), the stories in this book quickly established Pai Hsien-yung as a writer with a rare combination of artistic sensibilities, technical equipment, and a deeply moral purpose. The book has since won him a large following in Taiwan and Hong Kong and Chinese communities the world over. In 1982, Indiana University Press published the English translation of the book under the title Wandering in…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong, The
Publication date: 8/9/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 484
Size: 0.02" wide x 0.04" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Preface to the Bilingual Edition


Editor's Preface


A Word from the Co-Translator


Acknowledgments


The External Snow Beauty


A Touch of Green


New Year's Eve


The Last Night of Taipan Chin


A Sea of Blood-red Azaleas


Ode to Bygone Days


The Dirge of Liang Fu


Love's Lone Flower


Glory's by Blossom Bridge


Autumn Reveries


A Sky Full of Bright, Twinkling Stars


Wandering in the Garden, Waking from a Dream


Winter Night


State Funeral



Foreword to the Indiana Edition