張愛玲首部英文自傳體小說《雷峯塔》繼去年轟動中港台的暢銷書《小團圓》面世後,今年又一張愛玲遺作即將出版。張愛玲首部英文自傳體小說《雷峯塔》將由香港大學出版社出版。The Fall of the Pagoda為張愛玲早於創作《小團圓》而寫成的英文小說作品,也是張愛玲首部英文自傳體小說合集的上部(下部為The Book of Change《易經》,將於今年九月出版)。小說以二、三十年代的上海為背景,講
The author of My Country and My People, The Importance of Living, and The Wisdom of China and India, Lin Yutang's works were praised by The New York Times as "wise, humorous and altogether charming."
This little book is a delight, offering a seasoned writer's advice backed up with examples from many years in the classroom with native speakers of Chinese. By writing down his wisdom with a clear, au
In this first-hand account of an early returnee’s life in communist China, Frances Wong relates her personal experiences in China from 1949 to the present, detailing numerous political movements, incl
As a Cultural construct, gender is fictional and imagined, yet its ideological and representational effects on the formation of self and identity are quite real. The fiction behind the fictional, which many accepts as truth, is at the core of what is most intriguing about the problem of gender. Critiquing this narrative, Gender, Discourse, and the Self in Literature unravels the strategies that writers and filmmakers adopt in their (de)construction of the gendered self in three Chinese communities: mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Writing from the vantage points of film, literature, and gender studies, contributors make an innovative marriage to Western gender discourse and the construction and representation of self and identity in contemporary China.
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