Description |
1 online resource (xii, 152 pages) : illustrations. |
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Series |
Modern Chinese literature from Taiwan
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Modern Chinese literature from Taiwan.
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Contents |
Lai Suo -- The Intelligent Man -- How to Measure the Width of a Ditch -- Zero. |
Summary |
Against the backdrop of nativist rural narratives dominating Taiwan's literary scene in the 1980s, Huang Fan published thrilling urban portraits and political satires, reorienting the nation's attention. His sardonic tone stood in stark contrast to the self-serious social realism then in vogue, and after decades of groundbreaking work, he is now one of Asia's most celebrated authors, crucial to understanding the development of Taiwanese literature over the past fifty years. The first collection of Fan's work to appear in English, this anthology includes Zero, a futuristic novella t. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Taiwan -- Fiction.
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Taiwan. |
Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Subject |
City and town life -- Fiction.
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City and town life. |
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Political fiction, Chinese.
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Political fiction, Chinese. |
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Satire, Chinese.
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Satire, Chinese. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Fiction.
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Added Author |
Balcom, John.
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Added Title |
Short stories. Selections. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010081023
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Other Form: |
Print version: 9780231157407 0231157401 (DLC) 2010051441 |
ISBN |
0231528051 electronic book |
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9780231528054 electronic book |
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9780231157407 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0231157401 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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