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.

Short stories in Chinese = Zhongguo duan pian xiao shuo ji

New Penguin Parallel Text: Short Stories in Chinese

中国短篇小说集

Ladybird Books Ltd

Penguin Books Ltd

Fig Tree

New Penguin parallel texts, New York, New York, 2013

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

New York, New York State, 2012

Parallel Text ed., 2013

Bilingual, PS, 2013

London, 2013

London, 2011

obscured text on leaf 6.

Includes bibliographical references.
Text is in both English and Chinese.

A dual-language edition of Chinese storiesmany appearing in English for the first time
This new volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations, offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature from the worlds most spoken language, without having to constantly to refer back to a dictionary.
The storiesmany of which appear here in English for the first timeare 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.
Table of Contents
Introduction
O, Xiangxue Tie Ning (b. 1957), translated by John Balcom
The Ancestor Bi Feiyu (b. 1964), translated by John Balcom
Dog Cao Naiqian (b. 1949), translated by John Balcom
Plow Ox Li Rui (b. 1950), translated by John Balcom
The Mistake Ma Yuan (b. 1953), translated by John Balcom
Lanterns for the Dead Jiang Yun (b. 1954), translated by John Balcom
Greasy Moon Jia Pingwa (b. 1953), translated by John Balcom
Receiving the Precepts Wang Zengqi (19701997), translated by John Balcom
Notes on Chinese Texts

xiv, 257 p. ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-257)
O Xiangxue / Tie Ning (b. 1957) -- The ancestor / Bi Feiyu (b. 1964) -- Dog / Cao Naiqian (b. 1949) -- Plow ox / Li Rui (b. 1950) -- The mistake / Ma Yuan (b. 1953) -- Lanterns for the dead / Jiang Yun (b. 1954) -- Greasy moon / Jia Pingwa (b. 1953) -- Receiving the precepts / Wang Zengqi (1970-1997)

Here is the perfect introduction to contemporary fiction from the world's most spoken language. These eight short stories, with parallel translations, offer students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature without having constantly to refer to a dictionary

2023-06-28