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Burton Barr Central Library
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895.1301 V79
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On Shelf
- (Checked in: Apr 28 2012 )
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Summary:
The editors introduce 19 of China's most enthralling writers, to date largely unknown outside their native land. From Shanghai to Beijing, readers meet people whose lives have been transformed by their country's turbulent history.
Notes:
"A Vintage original"--T.p. verso.
"Originally published in slightly different form in Great Britain as The Picador book of contemporary Chinese fiction by Picador, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Ltd., London, 1998"--T.p. verso.
Contents:
- Some Information / David Su Li-qun
- A Few Words / Carolyn Choa
- from Beijing Opera / David Su Li-qun
- Hong Taitai / Cheng Nai-shan
- Fate / Shi Tie-sheng
- Life in a Small Courtyard / Wang An-yi
- Between Themselves / Wang An-yi
- Between Life and Death / Su Shu-yang
- Cherry / Su Tong
- Young Muo / Su Tong
- The Window / Mo Shen
- The Lovesick Crow and Other Fables / Wang Meng
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- The General and the Small Town / Chen Shi-xu
- Black Walls / Liu Xin-wu
- Big Chan / Wang Ceng-qi
- Han the Forger / Deng You-mei
- Love Must Not Be Forgotten / Zhang Jie
- The Family on the Other Side of the Mountain / Zhou Libo
- Three Sketches / Zhao Da-nian
- The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband / Feng Ji-cai
- The Distant Sound of Tree-felling / Cai Ce-hai
- Six Short Pieces / Bai Xiao Yi
- On Centimetre / Bi Shu-min.
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