Shenzheners : stories

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  • Auteur: Xue, Yiwei
    Contributor:

    Sterk, Darryl

    Résumé:

    The first book in English by acclaimed Chinese-Canadian writer Xue Yiwei, Shenzheners is inspired by the young city of Shenzhen, a market town north of Hong Kong that became a Special Economic Zone in 1980 as an experiment in introducing capitalism to Communist China. A city in which everyone is a newcomer, Shenzhen has grown astronomically to become a major metropolitan centre. Hailed as a Chinese Dubliners, the original collection was named one of the Most Influential Chinese Books of the Year in 2013, with most of the stories appearing in Best Chinese Stories.

    Contents:
    • The country girl
    • The peddler
    • The physics teacher
    • The dramatist
    • The two sisters
    • The prodigy
    • The mother
    • The father
    • The taxi driver.
    Genre: Short stories
    Original Publisher: Westmount, Quebec , Linda Leith Publishing Inc.
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781988130064

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    1988130069

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    9781988130040

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    1988130042

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    9781988130057

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    1988130050

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DC Contributor

Sterk, Darryl

Abstract

The first book in English by acclaimed Chinese-Canadian writer Xue Yiwei, Shenzheners is inspired by the young city of Shenzhen, a market town north of Hong Kong that became a Special Economic Zone in 1980 as an experiment in introducing capitalism to Communist China. A city in which everyone is a newcomer, Shenzhen has grown astronomically to become a major metropolitan centre. Hailed as a Chinese Dubliners, the original collection was named one of the Most Influential Chinese Books of the Year in 2013, with most of the stories appearing in Best Chinese Stories.

Genre
Short stories
Publisher (Source)

Westmount, Quebec

Linda Leith Publishing Inc.

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