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Loud Sparrows
. Ed(S): Mu, Aili; Chiu, Julie; Goldblatt, Howard
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Description for Loud Sparrows
Paperback. A collection of ninety-one short-shorts, which range from the mundane to the sublime and illuminate various things from humanist ideals to traditional virtues to the material benefits of a commercialized society. Editor(s): Mu, Aili; Chiu, Julie; Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 272 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
Extremely short stories-known as short-shorts-have become a global phenomenon, but nowhere have they been embraced as enthusiastically as in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The form's artistic and aesthetic freedoms allow authors to capture the tone, texture, and chaos of their rapidly changing societies in infinitely inventive ways. Fragments and contingencies reveal unofficial histories, undocumented memories, and the trials of everyday individuals, and the genre's lean format is a welcome antidote to a culture characterized by rampant excess. Loud Sparrows is a spirited collection of ninety-one short-shorts written by Chinese authors over the past three decades. Presenting diverse ... Read more
Extremely short stories-known as short-shorts-have become a global phenomenon, but nowhere have they been embraced as enthusiastically as in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The form's artistic and aesthetic freedoms allow authors to capture the tone, texture, and chaos of their rapidly changing societies in infinitely inventive ways. Fragments and contingencies reveal unofficial histories, undocumented memories, and the trials of everyday individuals, and the genre's lean format is a welcome antidote to a culture characterized by rampant excess. Loud Sparrows is a spirited collection of ninety-one short-shorts written by Chinese authors over the past three decades. Presenting diverse ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Weatherhead Books on Asia
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231138499
SKU
V9780231138499
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About . Ed(S): Mu, Aili; Chiu, Julie; Goldblatt, Howard
Aili Mu is associate professor of Chinese at Iowa State University. Julie Chiu is assistant professor of translation at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. Howard Goldblatt is research professor of East Asian languages and literatures at the University of Notre Dame and an internationally renowned translator.
Reviews for Loud Sparrows
Beautiful and thought-provoking. Los Angeles Times The pieces are varied, lively, often charming, and occasionally brilliant.
Perry Link New York Review of Books It's well worth dipping into (repeatedly). The Complete Review Beautiful and thought-provoking... A breeze of aesthetic freedom flows through all of them, making them fun to read.
Susan Salter Los Angeles Times Funny, touching, intriguing ... Read more
Perry Link New York Review of Books It's well worth dipping into (repeatedly). The Complete Review Beautiful and thought-provoking... A breeze of aesthetic freedom flows through all of them, making them fun to read.
Susan Salter Los Angeles Times Funny, touching, intriguing ... Read more