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Short Stories in Chinese

New Penguin Parallel Text

John Balcom author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:27th Jun '13

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Short Stories in Chinese cover

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.

ISBN: 9780143118350

Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 20mm

Weight: 220g

256 pages