Zhang Daye

The World of a Tiny Insect

A Memoir of the Taiping Rebellion and Its Aftermath
Übersetzer: Tian, Xiaofei

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Produktbeschreibung

Zhang Daye (b. 1854) is known only as the author of The World of a Tiny Insect. Xiaofei Tian is professor of Chinese literature at Harvard University. Among her recent publications is Visionary Journeys: Travel Writings from Early Medieval and Nineteenth-Century China.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 309g
• ISBN-13: 9780295993188
• ISBN-10: 0295993189
• Artikelnr.: 37744144

Autorenporträt

Zhang Daye (b. 1854) is known only as the author of The World of a Tiny Insect. Xiaofei Tian is professor of Chinese literature at Harvard University. Among her recent publications is Visionary Journeys: Travel Writings from Early Medieval and Nineteenth-Century China.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Map of Author's Travels
Translator's Introduction
Preface by Zhang Daye
Part 1
"Trip to Tiantai"
An Account of Taizhou Prefecture
The Six Counties of Taizhou
The "One-Headed Woman" at Huangyan
Ten Poems on Xianju
The Birds of Xianju
Part 2
Birth and Early Childhood
On the Run: 1861-1863
"Flames of War," Ghost Troops, and Other Strange Happenings
Epidemic, Greed, and the Woman Dismembered at Lu's Dyke
The Occupation of Shaoxing and Its Aftermath
Edible Flora and Fauna
The Pleasures and Horrors of Childhood
Narrow Escapes on Water
Reunion with Father and Father's Death