Red Peonies - Two Novellas of China

Offers the first translation in English of two of the books written by Zhang Yihe about women she met and befriended in prison. The subjects of her stories have been described as "beautiful women who wielded magic power over men. They were like jealous evil spirits, vengeful treacherous persons-countless snakes coiled around other people.

About the author

Zhang Yihe (Author)
>Frank Stewart (Editor)
>Karen Gernant (Translator)
>Chen Zeping (Translator)
Chen Zeping is professor in Chinese linguistics at Fujian Normal University.

Summary

Offers the first translation in English of two of the books written by Zhang Yihe about women she met and befriended in prison. The subjects of her stories have been described as "beautiful women who wielded magic power over men. They were like jealous evil spirits, vengeful treacherous persons–countless snakes coiled around other people.

Product details

• Authors: Zhang Yihe, Zhang/ Stewart Yihe
• Assisted by: Frank Stewart (Editor), Zeping Chen (Translation), Karen Gernant (Translation), Chen Zeping (Translation)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9780824872878
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-7287-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Manoa; Manoa; Mānoa: A Pacific Journal
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories