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Gênero/Forma: | short stories Fiction Short stories Nouvelles |
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Tipo de Material: | Ficção |
Tipo de Documento | Livro |
Todos os Autores / Contribuintes: |
Wen Zhu; Julia Lovell |
ISBN: | 0231160909 9780231160902 0231160917 9780231160919 |
Número OCLC: | 818985235 |
Nota do Idioma: | Translated from the Chinese. |
Descrição: | 166 pages : illustration ; 22 cm. |
Conteúdos: | Da Ma's way of talking -- The matchmaker -- The apprentice -- The football fan -- Xiao Liu -- Mr. Hu, are you coming out to play basketball this afternoon? -- Reeducation -- The wharf. |
Título da Série: | Weatherhead books on Asia. |
Outros Títulos: | Works. |
Responsabilidade: | Zhu Wen ; translated by Julia Lovell. |
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Críticas
Nielsen BookData
Zhu's quirky rogue's gallery is both entertaining and revealing, as murderers ('The Football Fan') and apostates (all the rest) illuminate the volatile period that preceded contemporary China's espousal of capitalist enterprise-if not democratic reform. Publishers Weekly Zhu Wen's plotting is brilliant, and his writing is cinematic and evocative. These eight stories are both funny and complex, and offer a true insight into the life of the modern Chinese. -- Tom Zelman Star Tribune This collection of dark tales by Zhu Wen offers an unflinching social commentary on post-communist China, though it could as easily be read as that of universal human nature. -- Su Hsing Loh Asian Review of Books A fascinating, often bleakly amusing, snapshot of China's urban anomie. -- Sam Sacks The Wall Street Journal A solid, well-written collection... [that] certainly offers some interesting glimpses of life in modern China. Worthwhile. -- M.A.Orthofer The Complete Review Sly humor... suffuses these stories, which, unlike some of the lives [Zhu Wen] describes, are never dreary. -- Alison McCulloch The New York Times Book Review [The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan] will appeal to readers looking for a more vivid, more human picture of modern China... Funny and inventive. -- David Wolf Prospect Compelling and entertaining. -- Jeffrey Wasserstrom Los Angeles Review of Books A hilarious, touchingly candid look at modern urban China. -- Farisa Khalid PopMatters Zhu Wen offers a quick, observant account of contemporary Chinese society. World Literature Today Ler mais...

