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Chutzpah! : New voices from China / edited by Ou Ning and Austin Woerner.

Title
Chutzpah! : New voices from China / edited by Ou Ning and Austin Woerner.
Publication
Norman [Oklahoma] : University of Oklahoma Press, [2015]

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Additional Authors
  • Ning, Ou
  • Woerner, Austin
Description
xiv, 281 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
"This collection brings together short stories by sixteen of the most prominent modern writers in China. In presenting a crucial Chinese literary form that has not yet been represented in the Chinese Literature Today book series, the anthology includes works by older, more renowned authors as well as emergent writers" --
Series Statement
Chinese literature today book series ; volume 4
Uniform Title
Chinese literature today book series ; v. 4.
Alternative Title
New voices from China
Subject
  • 1900 - 2099
  • Short stories, Chinese > 20th century > Translations into English
  • Short stories, Chinese > 21st century > Translations into English
  • Short stories, Chinese > 20th century
  • Short stories, Chinese > 21st century
  • Short stories, Chinese
Genre/Form
  • Short stories
  • Translations
  • Translations.
Note
  • "[A] . . . bold experiment in bilingual publishing" [with English translations by twelve translators] -- Preface.
  • Translated from the Chinese.
Language (note)
  • Text in English and Chinese.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface: the story of Chutzpah!, by Ou Ning and Austin Woerner -- A brief history of time, by Xu Zechen -- A village of cold hearths, by Sheng Keyi -- The balcony, by Ren Xiaowen -- Retracing your steps, by Zhu Yue -- Paradise temple, by Lu Min -- Interlude: excerpt from "A dictionary of xinjiang," by Shen Wei -- The failure, by Aydos Amantay -- Dust, by Chen Xue -- The curse, by A Yi -- Unfinished? to be continued, by Li Zishu -- Philosophy in the boudoir, by He wapi -- Interlude: "an education in cruelty," by Ye Fu -- War among the insects, by Chang Hui-Ching -- Monsters at volleyball, by Lu Nei -- Who stole the Romanian's wallet? by Wang Bang -- Coda: excerpts from "Nine short pieces," by Li Juan.
ISBN
  • 9780806148700
  • 0806148705
LCCN
^^2015009883
OCLC
  • 908286989
  • SCSB-11030099
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