Imperfect Paradise: Stories (Fiction from Modern China): 5 - Hardcover

Congwen, Shen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824816358 ISBN 13: 9780824816353

Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press, 1995

Synopsis

A master of the modern short story and one of the finest Chinese prose stylists of all time, Shen Congwen (1902-1988) left a body of work acclaimed for its thematic and emotive range, its innovative literary beauty, and its continuing popularity and influence. Imperfect Paradise provides the most comprehensive and authoritative representation in English of the remarkable Shen Congwen canon, ranging from the polished stories that made him a serious contender for the Nobel literary prize in the 1980s to lesser known, extravagant experimental pieces.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeffrey C. Kinkley is professor of history at St. John's University in New York. He is author of "The Odyssey of Shen Congwen, Chinese Justice, the Fiction: Law and Literature in Modern China," and "Escape from the Law."

Shen Congwen (1902-1988) is one of the most influential writers in China's modern history. His novel Border Town was banned under Mao's regime, only to become an inspiration to a new generation of Chinese writers in the late twentieth century.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0824816358
• ISBN 13: 9780824816353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 552
• Editor: Kinkley Jeffrey C.