The Vintage Book of Contemporary Chinese Fiction - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375700935 ISBN 13: 9780375700934

Publisher: Vintage, 2001

Synopsis

David Su Li-Qun and Carolyn Choa introduce nineteen of China's most enthralling writers-to date largely unknown outside their native land. From Shanghai to Beijing, we meet people whose lives have been transformed by their country's turbulent recent history.

Cheng Nai-shan writes about the present-day life of the former Shanghai upper class and their children. Sent to work on a rural commune at age fifteen, Wang An-yi now writes about the struggles of the urban underclass. Wang-Meng, once exiled to Tibet, now writes award-winning, character driven stories. Mo Shen had been a railway porter before emerging as a writer after the fall of the Gang of Four. With these and seventeen other writers represented, The Vintage Book of Contemporary Chinese Fiction is a literary testament to a post-revolutionary nation in transition.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"A fount of beautifully translated storytelling that veers between the wistfully romantic and the downright angry."
--The Guardian (London)

"An exceptional glimpse of the domestic life about which most of the West still knows very little."
--Literary Review (London)

"An exhilarating glimpse into another all too human world."
--Herald (London)

About the Author:

Born and educated in Hong Kong, Carolyn Choa works as a film producer and choreographer in London. David Su Li-Qun was resident playwright at the National Union Theatre in Beijing until emigrating to England in 1984. Since then he has taught at the University of London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0375700935
• ISBN 13: 9780375700934
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308
• Editor: Choa Carolyn, Su Li-Qun David