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PublisherIndiana University Press
ISBN-100253216907
ISBN-139780253216908
eBay Product ID (ePID)30217235
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Edition2
Book TitleExecution of Mayor Yin and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Revised Edition
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicAsian / General, Short Stories (Single Author), Asia / China
FeaturesRevised
GenreFiction, Literary Collections, History
AuthorRuoxi [Jo-Hsi] Chen
Book SeriesChinese Literature in Translation Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight9.2 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width7.8 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2004-000689
Reviews..".in the great tradition of Orwell and Solzhenitsyn; its true subject is the survival--and sometimes the defeat--of the human spirit in its lonely quest for integrity."
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey DecimalFIC
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
Table Of ContentThe Execution of Mayor Yin "Chairman Mao Is a Rotten Egg" Night Duty Residency Check Jen Hsiu-lan The Big Fish Keng Erh in Peking Nixon's Press Corps
SynopsisTwenty-five years after its first publication, The Execution of Mayor Yin has lost none of its power to move the reader, and remains unmatched as a document of the period., Praise for the first edition: ". . . in the great tradition of Orwell and Solzhenitsyn; its true subject is the survival--and sometimes the defeat--of the human spirit in its lonely quest for integrity." --Time "The almost childlike directness of Chen's tales. . . is captured in the very lightly revised translations of this new edition. . . Highly recommended." --Choice A classic of modern world literature, this collection of stories provides a vivid and poignant eyewitness view of everyday life in China during the Cultural Revolution. For this edition, Howard Goldblatt has thoroughly revised the text and updated it to Pinyin romanization. In a new introduction, Perry Link reflects on the book's significance in the post-Tiananmen era. Twenty-five years after its first publication, The Execution of Mayor Yin has lost none of its power to move the reader, and remains unmatched as a document of the period., Praise for the first edition: "... in the great tradition of Orwell and Solzhenitsyn; its true subject is the survival--and sometimes the defeat--of the human spirit in its lonely quest for integrity." --Time "The almost childlike directness of Chen's tales... is captured in the very lightly revised translations of this new edition... Highly recommended." --Choice A classic of modern world literature, this collection of stories provides a vivid and poignant eyewitness view of everyday life in China during the Cultural Revolution. For this edition, Howard Goldblatt has thoroughly revised the text and updated it to Pinyin romanization. In a new introduction, Perry Link reflects on the book's significance in the post-Tiananmen era. Twenty-five years after its first publication, The Execution of Mayor Yin has lost none of its power to move the reader, and remains unmatched as a document of the period., Praise for the first edition: ". . . in the great tradition of Orwell and Solzhenitsyn; its true subject is the survival?and sometimes the defeat?of the human spirit in its lonely quest for integrity." ?Time "The almost childlike directness of Chen's tales. . . is captured in the very lightly revised translations of this new edition. . . Highly recommended." ?Choice A classic of modern world literature, this collection of stories provides a vivid and poignant eyewitness view of everyday life in China during the Cultural Revolution. For this edition, Howard Goldblatt has thoroughly revised the text and updated it to Pinyin romanization. In a new introduction, Perry Link reflects on the book's significance in the post-Tiananmen era. Twenty-five years after its first publication, The Execution of Mayor Yin has lost none of its power to move the reader, and remains unmatched as a document of the period.
LC Classification NumberPL2840.J6A6 2004
