{"product_id":"short-stories-in-chinese-9780143118350","title":"Short Stories in Chinese","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dual-language edition of Chinese stories--many appearing in English for the first time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This new volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations, offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature from the world's most spoken language, without having to constantly to refer back to a dictionary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The stories--many of which appear here in English for the first time--are by well-known writers as well as emerging voices. From a story by Li Rui about the honest simplicity of a Shanxi farmer to one by Ma Yuan exposing the seamy underside of contemporary urban society, they are infused with both rural dialect and urban slang and feature a wide range of styles and points of view. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Balcom\u003c\/b\u003e (editor\/translator\/introducer) is an award-winning translator, a past president of the American Literary Translators Association, and an associate professor and the head of the Chinese program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526863196434,"sku":"9780143118350","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_94890978-67b5-46d0-b00c-c0901c366468.jpg?v=1731285417","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/short-stories-in-chinese-9780143118350","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}