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Humans, Beasts, and Ghosts

- Stories and Essays
Af: Zhongshu Qian Engelsk Hardback

Humans, Beasts, and Ghosts

- Stories and Essays
Af: Zhongshu Qian Engelsk Hardback
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Qian Zhongshu was one of twentieth-century China's most ingenious literary stylists, one whose insights into the ironies and travesties of modern China remain stunningly fresh. Between the early years of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and the Communist takeover in 1949, Qian wrote a brilliant series of short stories, essays, and a comedic novel that continue to inspire generations of Chinese readers. With this long-awaited translation, English-language readers can immerse themselves in the invention and satirical wit of one of the world's great literary cosmopolitans. This collection brings together Qian's best short works, combining his iconoclastic essays on the "book of life" from Written in the Margins of Life (1941) with the four masterful short stories of Human, Beast, Ghost (1946). His essays elucidate substantive issues through deceptively simple subjects-the significance of windows versus doors, for example, or the blind spots of literary critics--and assert the primacy of critical and creative independence. His stories blur the boundaries between humans, beasts, and ghosts as they struggle through life, death, and resurrection. Christopher G. Rea situates these works within China's wartime politics and Qian's literary vision, highlighting significant changes that Qian Zhongshu made to different editions of his writings and providing unprecedented insight into the author's creative process.
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Qian Zhongshu was one of twentieth-century China's most ingenious literary stylists, one whose insights into the ironies and travesties of modern China remain stunningly fresh. Between the early years of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and the Communist takeover in 1949, Qian wrote a brilliant series of short stories, essays, and a comedic novel that continue to inspire generations of Chinese readers. With this long-awaited translation, English-language readers can immerse themselves in the invention and satirical wit of one of the world's great literary cosmopolitans. This collection brings together Qian's best short works, combining his iconoclastic essays on the "book of life" from Written in the Margins of Life (1941) with the four masterful short stories of Human, Beast, Ghost (1946). His essays elucidate substantive issues through deceptively simple subjects-the significance of windows versus doors, for example, or the blind spots of literary critics--and assert the primacy of critical and creative independence. His stories blur the boundaries between humans, beasts, and ghosts as they struggle through life, death, and resurrection. Christopher G. Rea situates these works within China's wartime politics and Qian's literary vision, highlighting significant changes that Qian Zhongshu made to different editions of his writings and providing unprecedented insight into the author's creative process.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 272
ISBN-13: 9780231152747
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0231152744
Kategori: Litterære essays
Udg. Dato: 15 dec 2010
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: Columbia University Press
Oplagsdato: 15 dec 2010
Forfatter(e): Zhongshu Qian
Forfatter(e) Zhongshu Qian

Kategori Litterære essays

ISBN-13 9780231152747

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 272

Udgave

Længde 0mm

Bredde 152mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 15 dec 2010

Oplagsdato 15 dec 2010

Forlag Columbia University Press

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