Short Stories in Chinese - (Penguin Parallel Text) by John Balcom (Paperback)

Name: Short Stories in Chinese - (Penguin Parallel Text) by John Balcom (Paperback)
Brand: Penguin Books
SKU: 92120253
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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 to refer back to a dictionary.
About the Author: John Balcom (editor/translator/introducer) 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.
272 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Anthologies (multiple authors)
Series Name: Penguin Parallel Text

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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 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.

About the Author

John Balcom (editor/translator/introducer) 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.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.72 Inches (H) x 5.1 Inches (W) x .74 Inches (D)

Weight: .45 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Series Title: Penguin Parallel Text

Sub-Genre: Anthologies (multiple authors)

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Number of Pages: 272

Publisher: Penguin Books

Format: Paperback

Author: John Balcom

Language: English

Street Date: June 25, 2013

TCIN: 92120253

UPC: 9780143118350

Item Number (DPCI): 247-15-4528

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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