Imperfect Paradise - Twenty-Four Stories

A master of the modern short story and one of the finest Chinese prose stylists of all time, Shen Congwen (1902-1988) left a body of work acclaimed for its thematic and emotive range, its innovative literary beauty, and its continuing popularity and influence. Imperfect Paradise provides the most comprehensive and authoritative representation in English of the remarkable Shen Congwen canon, ranging from the polished stories that made him a serious contender for the Nobel literary prize in the 1980s to lesser known, extravagant experimental pieces.

About the author

Jeffrey C. Kinkley is professor emeritus of Chinese history at St. John's University. He is known for his translations of the works of Shen Congwen and is the author of Chinese Justice, the Fiction: Law and Literature in Modern China; Corruption and Realism in Late Socialist China: The Return of the Political Novel; and Visions of Dystopia in China's New Historical Novels.

Product details

• Authors: Shen Congwen, Congwen Shen, Ts'ung-Wen Shen
• Assisted by: Jeffrey C Kinkley (Translation), Jeffrey C. Kinkley (Translation)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1995
• EAN: 9780824816353
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-1635-3
• No. of pages: 552
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 210 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 667 g
• Series: Fiction from Modern China; Fiction from Modern China S.; Fiction from modern China
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature