Screen LibraryBoy in the twilight : stories of the hidden China /
Presents thirteen tales about the sorrows, joys, and constants of modern China, including the story of an awkward youth who uses the perks of his government to court two women and a couple who toils in factories only to learn that their son has been wasting their money.
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Pantheon Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book Books (available online) |
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English Chinese |
| Edition: | First American edition |
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| Summary: |
Presents thirteen tales about the sorrows, joys, and constants of modern China, including the story of an awkward youth who uses the perks of his government to court two women and a couple who toils in factories only to learn that their son has been wasting their money. |
| Item Description: | Originally published in Chinese as Huanghun li de nanhai. |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 195 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780307379368 : 0307379361 |
| Index Number: | PL2928 |
| CLC: | I247.7 |
| Call Number: | I247.7/Y942 |
| Contents: | Translator's Note -- No Name of my Own -- Boy in the Twilight -- Why There Was No Music -- Victory -- Appendix -- Mid-air Collisions -- On the Bridge -- Sweltering Summer -- Timid as a Mouse -- Their Son -- The Skipping-and-stepping Game -- -- Why do I Have to Get Married? -- Friends. |