| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 362 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword / by David Der-wei Wang -- Editor's preface -- A word from the co-translator -- The eternal "snow beauty" -- A touch of green -- New Year's eve -- The last night of Taipan Chin -- A sea of bloodred 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 -- Appendix I. Foreword to the Indiana edition / by Patrick Hanan -- Appendix II. "Crowded hours" revisited: the evocation of the past in Taipei jen / by Joseph S.M. Lau |
| Summary |
Pai Hsien-yung is among the most important writers in contemporary Chinese and world literature. His masterpiece Taipei People is a classic of Taiwanese modernism; with an intensity of vision comparable to James Joyce's Dubliners, it follows the individual struggles of the people of Taipei, with a mix of compassion, nostalgia, mourning, and tenacious clarity. Fifty years after its publication, the collection continues to move readers around the world. Stories from this collection have been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese, and Korean |
| Notes |
Translated from the Chinese |
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Chinese edition first published in 1971 by Ch'en Chung Publishing Co., Taiwan. Chinese new edition first published in 1983 by Er Ya Publishing Co., Ltd., Taiwan. English edition first published in 1982 by Indiana University Press, USA, under the title Wandering in the garden, waking from a dream: Tales of Taipei characters. Bilingual edition first published in 2000 by The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Project MUSE; title from digital cover (viewed on December 21, 2018) |
| Subject |
Pai, Hsien-yung, 1937- -- Translations into English
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| SUBJECT |
Bai, Xianyong, 1937- -- Translations into English
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Pai, Hsien-yung, 1937- fast |
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Short stories, Chinese -- Translations into English
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Asian -- Chinese.
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Manners and customs
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
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| Subject |
China
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories, Chinese
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Fiction
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Short stories, Chinese
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Translations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Yasin, Patia, translator.
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Kao, George, 1912-2008, editor.
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| ISBN |
9882377068 |
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9789882377066 |
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