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Taste of Apples by Huang Huang Chun-ming (2001, Trade Paperback)

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In "The Two Sign Painters," TV reporters ambush two young workers from the country taking a break atop a twenty-four-story building.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherColumbia University Press

ISBN-100231122616

ISBN-139780231122610

eBay Product ID (ePID)1877507

Product Key Features

Book TitleTaste of Apples

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAsian / Chinese, Short Stories (Single Author), Literary

Publication Year2001

GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction

AuthorHuang Huang Chun-Ming

Book SeriesModern Chinese Literature from Taiwan Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight14 Oz

Item Length0.9 in

Item Width0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN00-060260

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsThe nine original stories... and Howard Goldblatt's sensitive translations of them are now poignant classics that do credit to David Der-wei Wang's new Modern Chinese Literature form Taiwan series.... Huang's fertile imagination moves amid squatters, grotesques, misfits, oddballs -- people with lifestyles characteristic of a poor, developing country prematurely unsettled by urbanization, world politics, and globalization.... The characters'guilt, despair, and defiant pride are universal, generally revealed in subtle but startling ways., "The literary master whom Huang seems most to resemble is Anton Chekhov. Huang portrays his characters with the same kind of compassionate objectivity, gentle humor, and sharp poignancy. His style is pithy, direct and clear.... the clash between traditional ways and urban exigencies, the desire to fit in, the need to save face and the difficulty of making a living without losing one's self-respect are problems these characters confront every day, problems that will strike a chord with readers everywhere." -- Merle Rubin, Los Angeles Times Book Review (Best Books of 2001), The nine original stories... and Howard Goldblatt's sensitive translations of them are now poignant classics that do credit to David Der-wei Wang's new Modern Chinese Literature form Taiwan series.... Huang's fertile imagination moves amid squatters, grotesques, misfits, oddballs-people with lifestyles characteristic of a poor, developing country prematurely unsettled by urbanization, world politics, and globalization.... The characters'guilt, despair, and defiant pride are universal, generally revealed in subtle but startling ways., The nine original stories... and Howard Goldblatt's sensitive translations of them are now poignant classics that do credit to David Der-wei Wang's new Modern Chinese Literature form Taiwan series.... Huang's fertile imagination moves amid squatters, grotesques, misfits, oddballs--people with lifestyles characteristic of a poor, developing country prematurely unsettled by urbanization, world politics, and globalization.... The characters'guilt, despair, and defiant pride are universal, generally revealed in subtle but startling ways., The literary master whom Huang seems most to resemble is Anton Chekhov. Huang portrays his characters with the same kind of compassionate objectivity, gentle humor, and sharp poignancy. His style is pithy, direct and clear.... the clash between traditional ways and urban exigencies, the desire to fit in, the need to save face and the difficulty of making a living without losing one's self-respect are problems these characters confront every day, problems that will strike a chord with readers everywhere., "The nine original stories... and Howard Goldblatt's sensitive translations of them are now poignant classics that do credit to David Der-wei Wang's new Modern Chinese Literature form Taiwan series.... Huang's fertile imagination moves amid squatters, grotesques, misfits, oddballs -- people with lifestyles characteristic of a poor, developing country prematurely unsettled by urbanization, world politics, and globalization.... The characters'guilt, despair, and defiant pride are universal, generally revealed in subtle but startling ways." -- World Literature Today

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal895.1/352

Table Of ContentTranslator's Note Preface Bibliographic Note The Fish The Drowning of an Old Cat His Son's Big Doll The Gong Ringworms The Taste of Apples Xiaoqi's Cap The Two Sign Painters Sayonara * Zaijian

SynopsisFrom the preeminent writer of Taiwanese nativist fiction and the leading translator of Chinese literature come these poignant accounts of everyday life in rural and small-town Taiwan. Huang's characters-generally the uneducated and disadvantaged who must cope with assaults on their traditionalism, hostility from their urban brethren and, of course, the debilitating effects of poverty-come to life in all their human uniqueness, free from idealization., From the preeminent writer of Taiwanese nativist fiction and the leading translator of Chinese literature come these poignant accounts of everyday life in rural and small-town Taiwan. Huang's characters -- generally the uneducated and disadvantaged who must cope with assaults on their traditionalism, hostility from their urban brethren and, of course, the debilitating effects of poverty -- come to life in all their human uniqueness, free from idealization., From the preeminent writer of Taiwanese nativist fiction and the leading translator of Chinese literature come these poignant accounts of everyday life in rural and small-town Taiwan. Huang is frequently cited as one of the most original and gifted storytellers in the Chinese language, and these selections reveal his genius. In "The Two Sign Painters," TV reporters ambush two young workers from the country taking a break atop a twenty-four-story building. "His Son's Big Doll" introduces the tortured soul inside a walking advertisement, and in "Xiaoqi's Cap" a dissatisfied pressure-cooker salesman is fascinated by a young schoolgirl. Huang's characters--generally the uneducated and disadvantaged who must cope with assaults on their traditionalism, hostility from their urban brethren and, of course, the debilitating effects of poverty--come to life in all their human uniqueness, free from idealization.

LC Classification NumberPL2865.C56D76 2001