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Taipei People
Hsien-Yung Pai
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Description for Taipei People
Paperback. Editor(s): Kao, George. Translator(s): Yasin, Patia. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Widely acclaimed as a classic of contemporary fiction, Taipei People has been frequently compared to James Joyce's Dubliners. Henry Miller considers Pai Hsien-Yung ""a master of portraiture"". The collection of fourteen stories from this reprint edition has already been translated to great acclaim into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese, and Korean.
Widely acclaimed as a classic of contemporary fiction, Taipei People has been frequently compared to James Joyce's Dubliners. Henry Miller considers Pai Hsien-Yung ""a master of portraiture"". The collection of fourteen stories from this reprint edition has already been translated to great acclaim into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese, and Korean.
Product Details
Publisher
The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
ISBN
9789882370067
SKU
V9789882370067
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Ref
99-15
About Hsien-Yung Pai
Pai Hsien-Yung became a Professor of Chinese Literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1965 and retired in 1994. Pai is an internationally acclaimed author and founder of Modern Literature magazine. Patia Yasin is a translator of traditional Chinese and Japanese folk lyrics and modern Turkish poetry. George Kao is a founding editor of the ... Read more
Reviews for Taipei People
...the highest achievement in the contemporary Chinese story.
Patrick Hanan, Harvard University
Patrick Hanan, Harvard University