Short Stories in Chinese

New Penguin Parallel Text

John Balcom

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Penguin
25 August 2013

Anthologies (non-poetry); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Languages & ESL; Reader; Fiction; Chinese - Bilingual Reader; Chinese - Fiction; Chinese - Reader; Chinese - Languages

Series: New Penguin Parallel Text

Here is the perfect introduction to contemporary fiction from the world's most spoken language. These eight short stories, with parallel translations, offer students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature without having constantly to refer to a dictionary. Richly diverse in themes and styles, the stories are by both new and well-established writers and range from a story by Li Rui about the honest simplicity of a Shanxi farmer to a story by Ma Yuan exposing the seamy underside of contemporary urban society. Complete with notes, these selections make excellent reading in either language.

By: John Balcom
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9780143118350
ISBN 10: 0143118358
Series: New Penguin Parallel Text
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 25 August 2013
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Balcom 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.