| Description |
331 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Margellos world republic of letters book |
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Margellos world republic of letters book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Combining elements of both Chinese materiality--the love of physical things--and Western abstract thinking, Can Xue's stories invite her readers into an immersive landscape that blends reality and illusion, mixes the physical and spiritual, and probes the space between consciousness and unconsciousness. |
| Contents |
Story of the slums -- Our human neighbors -- The old cicada -- The swamp -- Sin -- The other side of the partition -- Shadow people -- Crow Mountain -- Catfish pit -- Euphoria -- Lu-er's worries -- Her old home -- I am a willow tree -- The outsiders -- The queen -- Venus. |
| Language |
In English, translated from the Chinese. |
| Subject |
Canxue, 1953- -- Translations into English.
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Short stories, Chinese.
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Canxue, 1953- (OCoLC)fst00250220
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Short stories, Chinese. (OCoLC)fst01117143
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FICTION -- Short Stories (single author)
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Gernant, Karen, translator.
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Chen, Zeping, translator.
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| ISBN |
9780300247435 (hardback) |
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0300247435 (hardback) |
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