Short Stories in Chinese
New Penguin Parallel Text
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Foreign Languages, Chinese, Fiction & Literature, Anthologies, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781101666869 | |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group | Publication: | June 25, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books | Language: | Chinese |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781101666869 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication: | June 25, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Language: | Chinese |
A dual-language edition of Chinese stories—many appearing in English for the first time
This new volume of eight short stories offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature from the world’s most spoken language, without having to constantly to refer back to a dictionary.
The stories—many of which appear here in English for the first time—are by well-known writers as well as emerging voices. From a story by Li Rui about the honest simplicity of a Shanxi farmer to one by Ma Yuan exposing the seamy underside of contemporary urban society, they are infused with both rural dialect and urban slang and feature a wide range of styles and points of view.
Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.
Note: For each short story in this eBook edition, the full English translation is followed by its original Chinese text.
A dual-language edition of Chinese stories—many appearing in English for the first time
This new volume of eight short stories offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature from the world’s most spoken language, without having to constantly to refer back to a dictionary.
The stories—many of which appear here in English for the first time—are by well-known writers as well as emerging voices. From a story by Li Rui about the honest simplicity of a Shanxi farmer to one by Ma Yuan exposing the seamy underside of contemporary urban society, they are infused with both rural dialect and urban slang and feature a wide range of styles and points of view.
Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.
Note: For each short story in this eBook edition, the full English translation is followed by its original Chinese text.
