In this Book
- Taipei People
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press

summary
Literary critics such as C. T. Hsia called Pai Hsienyung a “rare talent” who according to another critic, “has absorbed the diverse techniques of contemporary Western literature to temper and modernize his writing; however, the characters he writes about remain Chinese people and the stories he tells remain Chinese tales.” Widely acclaimed as a classic of contemporary fiction, Taipei People has been frequently compared to James Joyce’s Dubliners. Henry Miller considers Pai Hsienyung “a master of portraiture.” The collection of fourteen stories from this reprint edition has already been translated to great acclaim into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese, and Korean.
Table of Contents

- Editor’s Preface
- pp. xv-xxii
- A Word from the Co-Translator
- pp. xxiii-xxvi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xxvii-xxviii
- 1. The Eternal Snow Beauty
- pp. 1-26
- 2. A Touch of Green
- pp. 27-56
- 3. New Year’s Eve
- pp. 57-78
- 4. The Last Night of Taipan Chin
- pp. 79-102
- 5. A Sea of Blood-red Azaleas
- pp. 103-124
- 6. Ode to Bygone Days
- pp. 125-140
- 7. The Dirge of Liang Fu
- pp. 141-162
- 8. Love’s Lone Flower
- pp. 163-184
- 9. Glory’s by Blossom Bridge
- pp. 185-210
- 10. Autumn Reveries
- pp. 211-222
- 11. A Sky Full of Bright, Twinkling Stars
- pp. 223-234
- 13. Winter Night
- pp. 275-300
- 14. State Funeral
- pp. 301-318
- Appendix 1. Foreword to the Indiana Edition
- pp. 319-320
Additional Information
ISBN
9789882377066
Related ISBN(s)
9789882370067
MARC Record
OCLC
1078757601
Pages
220
Launched on MUSE
2018-12-18
Language
English
Open Access
No