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Taipei People - by Hsien-Yung Pai (Paperback)

Taipei People - by  Hsien-Yung Pai (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Widely acclaimed as a classic of contemporary fiction in Chinese, <i>Taipei People</i> has been frequently compared to James Joyce's <i>Dubliners</i>. Patrick Hanan praises the volume as "the highest achievement in the contemporary Chinese story." Henry Miller considers Pai Hsien-yung "a master of portraiture." Stories from this collection have already been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese and Korean.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Born in 1937, Pai Hsien-yung migrated to Taiwan with his family after 1949 and eventually settled in the United States. His other famous works include <i>Crystal Boys</i>, the first contemporary Chinese novel with an explicit gay theme, and various early short stories, essays as well as film scripts. He is now working on a biography of his father, Pai Ch'ung-hai (1893-1966), a famous general of the Anti-Japanese Resistance War. <p/>The stories are translated into English by the author and Patia Yasin, who is a translator of traditional Chinese and Japanese folk lyrics and modern Turkish poetry. She is currently translating Luigi Pirandello's theatre works. The editor, George Kao, is a founding editor of the journal <i>Renditions</i>.

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