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Faces in the Crowd: 36 Extraordinary Tales of Tianjin


Author(s):
Feng Jicai Hui Cooper and Dennis Cooper
Publisher:
Sinoist Books
Publication:
3/2020
Languages:
English
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN/SKU:
9781838905019
Pages:
288
Sizes:
216 x 140mm
Weight:
0.5000
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In a series of beautifully illustrated short stories, author and artist Feng Jicai introduces some weird and wonderful characters from the port city of Tianjin in northeast China where he was born and raised. They include a miracle doctor, a master chickenthief, an illmannered mynah bird, a smoothtalking restaurateur and an educated gangster.
《俗世奇人》(全二册)收录了冯骥才先生描写清末民初天津卫奇人异士的所有作品。配有同一时代《醒俗画报》刊载的数十幅图画,其内容大至时政要事,小到市井信息,生活气息浓郁,有助读者感受与认知那个时代。 《俗世奇人》短篇小说集10年前由作家出版社首发,给图书市场和读者奉献了高品质的文化盛宴,精练老到的文字,鲜活灵动的人物刻画,浓郁的地方特色,令读书人大爱。2008年再版时更名为《俗世奇人》(修订版),其中的不少篇章被选入中小学生课本,部分地区将其选入中考必读书目。精美典雅的封面设计及插图,与内文相得益彰,逾130万册的发行量更成为图书市场一道靓丽的风景,是被市场和读者认可的经典版本。 《俗世奇人》(贰)2015年11月由作家出版社首发,是冯骥才先生继《俗世奇人》(修订版)之后又一部描写清末民初天津卫奇人异士的全新作品,是《俗世奇人》系列作品的第二部。