
Short Stories in Chinese
New Penguin Parallel Text
John Balcom(Author)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 27. June 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-14-311835-0 (ISBN)
Description
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 make excellent reading in either language.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 124 mm
Width: 193 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
218 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-311835-0 (9780143118350)
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06/2013
1st Edition
Penguin Books
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Person
John Balcom (editor/translator/introducer) is an award-winning translator, a past president of the American Literary Translators Association, and an associate professor and the head of the Chinese program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.