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Publication subTitle :An Anthology
Author: Jing Wang
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication year: 1998
E-ISBN: 9780822382133
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780822321163
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780822321002
Subject: I247.7 The short stories
Keyword: Chinese fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English., Experimental fiction.
Language: ENG
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Description
Jing Wang has selected provocative examples of this new school of writing, which gained prominence in the late 1980s. Contradicting many long-cherished beliefs about Chinese writers—including the alleged tradition of writing as a political act against authoritarianism—these stories make a dramatic break from conventions of modern Chinese literature by demonstrating an irreverence toward history and culture and by celebrating the artificiality of storytelling. Enriched by the work of a distinguished group of translators, this collection presents an aesthetic experience that may have outraged many revolutionary-minded readers in China, but one that also occupies an important place in the canon of Chinese literature. China’s Avant-Garde Fiction brings together a group of exceptional writers (including Raise the Red Lantern author Su Tong) to the attention of an English-speaking audience.
This book will be enjoyed by those interested in Chinese lit