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Short Stories in Chinese : New Penguin Parallel Text by John Balcom (2013, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Author: John Balcom. Complete with notes, these selections make excellent reading in either language. Title: Short Stories in Chinese. Topic: Fiction. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB. Format: Paperback.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100143118358

ISBN-139780143118350

eBay Product ID (ePID)81871687

Product Key Features

Book TitleShort Stories in Chinese : New Penguin Parallel Text

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

TopicAsian / General, Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Chinese

GenreForeign Language Study, Fiction, Literary Collections

TypeBilingual

AuthorJohn Balcom

Book SeriesPenguin Parallel Text Ser.

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight7.6 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-044031

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Edition DescriptionBilingual edition

SynopsisA dual-language edition of Chinese stories-many appearing in English for the first time This new volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations, offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature from the world's most spoken language, without having to constantly to refer back to a dictionary. The stories-many of which appear here in English for the first time-are by well-known writers as well as emerging voices. From a story by Li Rui about the honest simplicity of a Shanxi farmer to one by Ma Yuan exposing the seamy underside of contemporary urban society, they are infused with both rural dialect and urban slang and feature a wide range of styles and points of view. Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language., A dual-language edition of Chinese stories--many appearing in English for the first time This new volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations, offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature from the world's most spoken language, without having to constantly to refer back to a dictionary. The stories--many of which appear here in English for the first time--are by well-known writers as well as emerging voices. From a story by Li Rui about the honest simplicity of a Shanxi farmer to one by Ma Yuan exposing the seamy underside of contemporary urban society, they are infused with both rural dialect and urban slang and feature a wide range of styles and points of view. Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.

LC Classification NumberPL2658.E8