Dongwei Chu

Chinese Literature and Culture Volume 2 Second Edition (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of short stories from China features

Xiu Bai's "An Empty Home": A young man from the countryside, coming to the city with a stolen bride, struggles for a decent life in a dismal world where profit is the leading value.

Ying Chuan's "Hunting Season" : A young woman striving for romance and social advancement discovers the dark side of business and and humanity while entertaining a client on a hunting trip.

Wei Wei's"The Story of Hu Wenqing": Hu Wenqing, despised as former leader in the Cultural Revolution, rises as business kingpin and reflects on life as an aging Buddhist.

Yao Emei's "A Journey of Conscience": A mute maid, using a magnetic board to communicate, gets caught up in the affairs of a wealthy family and gains a personal redemption.

Xiao Su's "Defending the Teache": A graduate student working under a famous ethicist narrates the events surrounding the arrival his father to campus and the clash of values.

Liu Qingbang's "Knowing Nobody, A Housemaid in Beijing": A housemaid from the countryside puzzles over the secrecy of her employer, her aunt, while trying to hide from her an affair.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Leaves
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781386918400
• Artikelnr.: 54763824

Autorenporträt

Chinese Literature and Culture as a book series and peer-reviewed academic journal is edited by Dr. Chu Dongwei, Fulbright Scholar, Professor of Translation Studies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China. Chu has published Lin Yutang as Author-Translator (2012), Translation as a Business (2003), Chinese translation of Will Durant's On the Meaning of Life (2009), and English translation of The Platform Sutra and other Zen Buddhist texts in The Wisdom of Huineng (2015). He is the founder, editor and publisher of Chinese Literature and Culture, the peer-reviewed journal of translations from the Chinese in collaboration with Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou Zilin Cultural Development Limited and IntLingo Inc., New York. He is also a contributor of short story translations to St. Petersburg Review, Renditions.