...the highest achievement in the contemporary Chinese story. -- Patrick Hanan, Harvard University
Widely acclaimed as a classic of contemporary fiction, Taipei People has been frequently compared to James Joyce's Dubliners. Henry Miller considers Pai Hsien-Yung ""a master of portraiture"". The collection of fourteen stories from this reprint edition has already been translated to great acclaim into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese, and Korean.
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Widely acclaimed as a classic of contemporary fiction, Taipei People has been frequently compared to James Joyce's Dubliners. Henry Miller considers Pai Hsien-Yung “a master of portraiture”. The collection of fourteen stories from this reprint edition has already been translated to great acclaim into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese, and Korean.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9789882370067
Publisert
2019-02-28
Utgiver
The Chinese University Press
Vekt
500 gr
Høyde
213 mm
Bredde
137 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
220
Forfatter
Oversetter
Redaktør
Biografisk notat
Pai Hsien-Yung became a Professor of Chinese Literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1965 and retired in 1994. Pai is an internationally acclaimed author and founder of Modern Literature magazine.Patia Yasin is a translator of traditional Chinese and Japanese folk lyrics and modern Turkish poetry.
George Kao is a founding editor of the journal Renditions, published by the Research Centre for Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.