Short Stories in Chinese by John Balcom - ISBN: 9780143118350
Paperback
Read Chinese literature effortlessly: parallel translations for all language levels.

Short Stories in Chinese

New Penguin Parallel Text

$37.47

  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    25 August 2013

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Summary

A dual-language edition of Chinese stories—many 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 world’s most spoken language, without having to constantly 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 stor…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780143118350
ISBN-10:0143118358
Author:John Balcom
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:25 August 2013
Weight:224g
Dimensions:196mm x 129mm x 19mm
Series:New Penguin Parallel Texts
About The Author

John Balcom

John Balcom is an award-winning translator, a past president of the American Literary Translators Association, and an associate professor and the head of the Chinese program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

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