Wintry Night - Couverture souple

Li, Qiao

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0231122012 ISBN 13 : 9780231122016

Editeur : Columbia University Press, 2002

Synopsis

An epic spanning more than half a century of Taiwan's history, this breathtaking historical novel traces the

fortunes of the Pengs, a family of Hakka Chinese settlers, across three generations from the 1890s, just before

Taiwan was ceded to Japan as a result of the Sino-Japanese war, through World War Ii. Li Qiao brilliantly re-creates the dramatic world of these pioneers -- and the colonization of Taiwan itself -- exploring their relationships with the aboriginal peoples of Taiwan and their struggle to establish their own ethnic and

political identities.

This edition is an abridgement for English-speaking readers and marks the work's first appearance in the

English-speaking world. An introduction explaining the cultural and historical background of the novel is included to help orient the reader to this amazingly rich cultural context.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

John Balcom is professor of Chinese-English translation at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. He has translated a number of books, including Wintry Night by Li Qiao, The City Trilogy by Chang His-kuo, and Taiwan's Indigenous Writers: An Anthology of Stories, Essays, and Poems.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0231122012
• ISBN 13: 9780231122016
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible