New Story of the Stone - An Early Chinese Science Fiction Novel

One of China's first works of science fiction, New Story of the Stone is a belated twentieth-century sequel to the beloved eighteenth-century masterpiece Story of the Stone (more famously known as Dream of the Red Chamber).

Info autore

Wu Jianren (1866-1910) was a leading figure of the late Qing literary scene, best known as a writer of satirical exposé fiction and influential romances. His other notable works include Strange Events Eye-Witnessed Over Twenty Years and Sea of Regret.

Liz Evans Weber is an assistant professor of instruction in Chinese and research assistant professor at the University of Rochester. She is a 2025 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship, which will support work on her next translation project.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jianren Wu
• Con la collaborazione di: Elizabeth Weber (Traduzione)
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.07.2025
• EAN: 9780231203470
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20347-0
• Pagine: 600
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Science Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Satire, FICTION / Science Fiction / Time Travel, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Chinese, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Satirical fiction and parodies, Science fiction: time travel, FICTION / World Literature / China / 20th Century