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The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories. Flash Fiction from Contemporary China.
Shouhua . Ed(S): Qi
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Description for The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories. Flash Fiction from Contemporary China.
Paperback. China's hottest literary genre brings together the traditional, the experimental, and the avant-garde. Editor(s): Qi, Shouhua. Num Pages: 438 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408.
"Modern Chinese fiction ...looks to have made a great leap towards the bookshelves of [Western] readers."-Guardian Hugely popular in China, flash fiction is poised to be the most exciting new development in contemporary Chinese literature in a decade. Integrating both vernacular and contemporary styles while embracing new technologies such as text messaging (SMS) and blogging, contemporary Chinese flash fiction represents the voice of a civilization at the brink of a startling and unprecedented transformation. This collection features 120 short-short stories (from 100 to 300 words each), written by some of China's most dynamic and versatile authors. Dong Rui's The ... Read more
"Modern Chinese fiction ...looks to have made a great leap towards the bookshelves of [Western] readers."-Guardian Hugely popular in China, flash fiction is poised to be the most exciting new development in contemporary Chinese literature in a decade. Integrating both vernacular and contemporary styles while embracing new technologies such as text messaging (SMS) and blogging, contemporary Chinese flash fiction represents the voice of a civilization at the brink of a startling and unprecedented transformation. This collection features 120 short-short stories (from 100 to 300 words each), written by some of China's most dynamic and versatile authors. Dong Rui's The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stone Bridge Press United States
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
Number of Pages
438
Place of Publication
Berkeley CA, United States
ISBN
9781933330624
SKU
V9781933330624
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Ref
99-15
About Shouhua . Ed(S): Qi
Shouhua Qi is Associate Professor of English at Western Connecticut State University. He is the author of Red Guard Fantasies and Other Stories (Long River Press, 2006) and When the Purple Mounain Burns (Long River Press, 2005). He is also the leading Chinese expert and translator on the novels of Thomas Hardy.
Reviews for The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories. Flash Fiction from Contemporary China.
"Modern Chinese fiction . . . looks to have made a great leap towards the bookshelves of [Western] readers."�The Guardian "A significant contribution to both world and Chinese literature... filled with historical accounts, fantastic tales, humorous anecdotes, social commentaries, romances, poetic reflections, and parodies, among others."�Modern Chinese Literature and Culture Resource Center