A portrayal of the adult world in Peking of the 1930s, as seen through the eyes of a little girl. The five sequential stories in the volume are constructed in terms of theme and character development and, as such, can be read as a novel.
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A portrayal of the adult world in Peking of the 1930s, as seen through the eyes of a little girl. The five sequential stories in the volume are constructed in terms of theme and character development and, as such, can be read as a novel.
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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 catapults the child away from childhood joys into the sorrows of the adult world, is handled with great sensitivity and lyricism. Memories of Peking: South Side Stories became an immediate success and was eventually adapted into a movie by the Shanghai Film Studio in 1982.
About the Author
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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