Memories of Peking
south side stories
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
20 January 2003
Summary
In 1960, Lin published the collection of stories Memories of Peking: South Side Stories and established her name in Taiwan’s literary circle. Based on five sequential stories of a Taiwanese family living in Peking in the 1920s, the collection portrays the adult world through the keen eyes and innocent mind of a little girl, Ying-tzu. The sense of loss and bewilderment, which arouses the child’s awareness of the uncertainties of human relationships, even of life itself, and which finally catap…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789629960124 |
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| ISBN-10: | 9629960125 |
| Author: | Nancy Ing, Hai-Yin Lin, Chi Pang-Yuan |
| Publisher: | The Chinese University Press |
| Imprint: | The Chinese University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 20 January 2003 |
| Weight: | 438g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 139mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Nancy Ing
Lin Hai-yin is a prolific writer and was the editor of the literary page of United Daily News and The Literary Monthly before establishing her own publishing house.Nancy C. Ing has translated several collections of short stories and is presently editor of The Chinese PEN, the English quarterly of the Taipei Chinese Center, International P.E.N.Chi Pang-yuan is professor of English at National Taiwan University and chief editor of An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature.
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