From the Old Country - Stories and Sketches of China and Taiwan

Though he lived mostly in rural South Taiwan, Zhong Lihe (1915--1960) spent several years in Manchuria and Peking, moving among an eclectic mix of ethnicities, classes, and cultures. His fictional portraits unfold on Japanese battlefields and in Peking slums, as well as in the remote, impoverished hill-country villages and farms of Zhong Lihe's native Hakka districts. His scenic descriptions are deft and atmospheric, and his psychological explorations are acute. The first anthology to present his work in English, this volume features two novellas, ten short stories, and four short prose works.

List of contents

Foreword by Zhong TiejunSourcesTranslator's IntroductionPart 1: Formative Years1. My Grandma from the Mountains2. First Love3. From the Old CountryPart 2: Stories from the Old Country4. In the Willow Shade5. Oleander6. The Fourth DayPart 3: Homeland7. Zugteuzong8. Forest Fire9. Uncle A-Huang10. My "Out-Law" and the Hill SongsPart 4: Meinong Lyrics11. My Study12. The Grassy Bank13. The Plow and the Sky14. The Little RidgePart 5: Meinong Economics15. Swimming and Sinking16. Rain

About the author

T. M. McClellan is a former senior lecturer in Asian studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Product details

• Authors: Lihe, Lihe Lihe, Lihe Lihe, Lihe Zhong, Zhong Lihe
• Assisted by: Zhong Tiejun (Foreword), T. McClellan (Translation), T. M. Mcclellan (Translation), T. McClellan (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.02.2014
• EAN: 9780231166300
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16630-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; FICTION / Literary, Prose: non-fiction, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Biography and non-fiction prose, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary