The Book of Shanghai: A City in Short Fiction - Couverture souple

Bai, Xiao; Yuehui, Pu; Dacheng, Shen; Jun, Cai; Zhanhei, Wang; Danyan, Chen; Qiufan, Chen; Anyi, Wang; Shang, Xia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1912697270 ISBN 13 : 9781912697274

Editeur : Comma Press, 2020

Synopsis

As the end of the world arrives in downtown Shanghai, one man's only wish is to return a library book...

When a publisher agrees to let a star author use his company's attic to write in, little does he suspect this will become the author s permanent residence...

Shanghai succumbs to a seemingly apocalyptic deluge, a man takes refuge in his bathtub, only to find himself, moments later, floating through the city's streets...

The characters in this literary exploration of one of the world s biggest cities are all on a mission. Whether it is responding to events around them, or following some impulse of their own, they are defined by their determination a refusal to lose themselves in a city that might otherwise leave them anonymous, disconnected, alone.

From the neglected mother whose side-hustle in collecting sellable waste becomes an obsession, to the schoolboy determined to end a long-standing feud between his family and another, these characters show a defiance that reminds us why Shanghai despite its hurtling economic growth remains an epicentre for individual creativity.

As featured on BBC World Service and PEN Transmissions.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dai Congrong is a Professor of Comparative Literature and World Literature at the Faculty of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. She is a board member of the Shanghai Writers Association and has published four books in Chinese, mainly on English literature, and translated five books from English. Jin Li, Lit.D, is an Associate Professor of Modern Chinese Literature at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University. He is the author of numerous volumes including Criticism of Modern Confucian Ethical Code from the Perspective of Literary History.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Comma Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1912697270
• ISBN 13: 9781912697274
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Éditeur: Li Jin
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• Personne responsable: non disponible