Endless War: Fiction and Essays by Wang Wen-hsing

Contents

vii Contents v Author’s Preface xi Editors’ Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii PART I SHORT FICTION The Lingering Night 守夜 Rowan Sciban 3 A Dying Dog 一條垂死的狗 Steven L. Riep 9 The Marriage of a Civil Servant 一個公務員的結婚 15 Howard Goldblatt Withered Chrysanthemums 殘菊 Steven L. Riep 27 Paralysis 痺 Lloyd Sciban 47 Afternoon 下午 Terence Russell 57 The Toy Revolver 玩具手槍 Jane Parish Yang 75 Mother 母親 Michael Cody 101 viii v CONTENTS PART I SHORT FICTION continued Calendar 日曆 Shu-ning Sciban 107 The Happiest Thing 最快樂的事 Shu-ning Sciban 109 Song of the Earth 大地之歌 Ihor Pidhainy 111 Midsummer on the Prairie 草原底盛夏 115 Michael Cody Conclusion 結束 Lloyd Sciban 133 Two Women 兩婦人 Li-fen Chen 143 Strong Wind 大風 Howard Goldblatt 153 Contract Fulfilled 踐約 Fred Edwards and Jia Li 165 The Day of the Sea Goddess 海濱聖母節 189 Ch’en Chu-yun Line of Fate 命運的跡線 Ch’en Chu-yun 207 Cold Front 寒流 Terence Russell 219 Flaw 欠缺 Ch’en Chu-yun 243 The Black Gown 黑衣 Ch’en Chu-yun 257 Nights of the Shining Moon 明月夜 267 Ch’en Chu-yun CONTENTS v ix PART II NOVELLA and PLAY Dragon Inn 龍天樓 Steven L. Riep 279 M and W M 和 W Fred Edwards and Jia Li 351 PART III ESSAYS Preface to New Stone Statue“新刻的石像”序 369 Martin Sulev A Brief Discussion of Modern Literature 371 (Abridged) 淺論現代文學 Christopher Lupke The Challenge and Primitiveness 375 of Modernism 現代主義的質疑和原始 Ihor Pidhainy Endless War 無休止的戰爭 Martin Sulev 381 Zhongyuan: An Appreciation 懷仲園 385 Shu-ning Sciban A Chronology of Wang Wen-hsing’s Life 391 Bibliography of Wang Wen-hsing’s Works 395 About the Translators 407 Acknowledgment of Copyright 413 ...