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Taipei People /

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, wit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bai, Xianyong, 1937- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Ye, Peixia (Traductor), Kao, George, 1912-2008 (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Chino
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Notas:Translated from the Chinese.
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.
Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (220 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789882377066
Acceso:Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.