Humans, beasts, and ghosts : stories and essays
by
Qian, Zhongshu, 1910-1998.
Title
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Humans, beasts, and ghosts : stories and essays
Author
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Qian, Zhongshu, 1910-1998.
ISBN
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9780231526548
Publication Information
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New York : Columbia University Press, 2010.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (viii, 220 pages).
Series
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Weatherhead books on Asia.
General Note
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This book brings together the essay collection "Written in the margins of life (Xie zai ren sheng bian shang)" and the short story collection "Human, beast, ghost (Ren shou gui)."
Abstract
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Zhongshu Qian was one of twentieth-century China's most ingenious literary stylists, the author of short stories, essays, and a brilliant comedic novel that has inspired generations of Chinese readers. Writing between the early years of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and the Communist takeover in 1949, Qian was a pioneering modernist and extraordinary satirist whose insight into the irony and travesties of modern China remains stunningly fresh. This eagerly awaited translation joins Qian's collection of iconoclastic essays on life, language, and literature, Written on t.
Personal Subject
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Qian, Zhongshu, 1910-1998-Translations into English.
Subject Term
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Chinese essays -- Translations into English.
Short stories, Chinese -- Translations into English.
Added Author
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Rea, Christopher G.
Hu, Dennis T.
Qian, Zhongshu, 1910-1998. Xie zai ren sheng bian shang. English.
Qian, Zhongshu, 1910-1998. Ren shou gui. English.
Added Title
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Written in the margins of life.
Human, beast, ghost.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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Online Library | E-Book | 376107-1001 | ONLINE | | Elektronik Kütüphane |