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城南旧事

Memories of Peking: South Side Stories
Author(s):
LIN Haiyin
Publisher:
The Chinese University Press
Publication:
1/2003
Languages:
English, Chinese
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN/SKU:
9789629960124
Pages:
320
Sizes:
211 x 140mm
Weight:
0.4400
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A portrayal of the adult world in Peking of the 1930s, as seen through the eyes of a little girl. The five sequential stories in the volume are constructed in terms of theme and character development and, as such, can be read as a novel.
Lin Hai-yin is a prolific writer and was the editor of the literary page of United Daily News and The Literary Monthly before establishing her own publishing house. Nancy C. Ing has translated several collections of short stories and is presently editor of The Chinese PEN, the English quarterly of the Taipei Chinese Center, International P.E.N. Chi Pang-yuan is professor of English at National Taiwan University and chief editor of An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature.