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Wild Kids: Two Novels About Growing Up
Ta-Chun Chang
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Description for Wild Kids: Two Novels About Growing Up
Paperback. These two searingly funny and unsettling portraits of teenagers beyond the control and largely beneath the notice of adults in 1980s Taiwan are the first English translations of works by Taiwan's most famous and best-selling literary cult figure. Translator(s): Berry, Michael. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 272 pages, 43 cartoon drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
These two searingly funny and unsettling portraits of teenagers beyond the control and largely beneath the notice of adults in 1980s Taiwan are the first English translations of works by Taiwan's most famous and best-selling literary cult figure. Chang Ta-chun's intricate narrative and keen, ironic sense of humor poignantly and piercingly convey the disillusionment and cynicism of modern Taiwanese youth. Interweaving the events between the birth of the narrator's younger sister and her abortion at the age of nineteen, the first novel, My Kid Sister, evokes the complex emotional impressions of youth and the often bizarre social dilemmas of ... Read more
These two searingly funny and unsettling portraits of teenagers beyond the control and largely beneath the notice of adults in 1980s Taiwan are the first English translations of works by Taiwan's most famous and best-selling literary cult figure. Chang Ta-chun's intricate narrative and keen, ironic sense of humor poignantly and piercingly convey the disillusionment and cynicism of modern Taiwanese youth. Interweaving the events between the birth of the narrator's younger sister and her abortion at the age of nineteen, the first novel, My Kid Sister, evokes the complex emotional impressions of youth and the often bizarre social dilemmas of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231120975
SKU
V9780231120975
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About Ta-Chun Chang
Chang Ta-chun is among Taiwan's premier contemporary authors. His prolific and varied output has transformed him from a cult literary figure into a virtual celebrity in Taiwan, where he produces and hosts a television program on literature. He has published twenty-one books since his emergence on the literary scene almost two decades ago and has taught at the Iowa Writer's ... Read more
Reviews for Wild Kids: Two Novels About Growing Up
Chang is an astute observer and perceptive cultural critic...English readers will easily identify with the sentiments and circumstances portrayed by Chang and skillfully translated by Berry.
Sylvia Li-chun Lin, University of Colorado, Denver World Literature Today Ghoulish, playful, totally subversive.
Emily Gordon Newsday In two jaunty, disturbing novellas from Taiwan... Chang Ta-chun presents us with disaffected adolescents who ... Read more
Sylvia Li-chun Lin, University of Colorado, Denver World Literature Today Ghoulish, playful, totally subversive.
Emily Gordon Newsday In two jaunty, disturbing novellas from Taiwan... Chang Ta-chun presents us with disaffected adolescents who ... Read more