{"product_id":"taipei-people-9789882370067","title":"Taipei People","description":"\u003cp\u003ePai Hsien-yung is among the most important writers in contemporary Chinese and world literature. His masterpiece \u003ci\u003eTaipei People\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of Taiwanese modernism; with an intensity of vision comparable to James Joyce's \u003ci\u003eDubliners\u003c\/i\u003e, it follows the individual struggles of the people of Taipei, with a mix of compassion, nostalgia, mourning, and tenacious clarity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFifty years after its publication, the collection continues to move readers around the world. Stories from this collection have been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese, and Korean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePai Hsien-Yung is an internationally acclaimed author and the founder of \u003ci\u003eModern Literature\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He is generally considered among the greatest living stylists of Chinese fiction and prose. His publications include the collections of short stories \u003ci\u003eLonely Seventeen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTaipei People\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e; the collection of prose writing \u003ci\u003eSuddenly the Past\u003c\/i\u003e; and the novel \u003ci\u003eCrystal Boys\u003c\/i\u003e. Pai became a professor of Chinese literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1965, and retired in 1994. In recent years he has devoted his energy to the promotion of Chinese \u003ci\u003eKun\u003c\/i\u003e opera to the world. He is the general producer and artistic director of the opera \u003ci\u003ePeony Pavilion\u003c\/i\u003e, which has toured China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the U.S. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatia Yasin is a translator of traditional Chinese and Japanese folk lyrics and modern Turkish poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeorge Kao was a founding editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eRenditions\u003c\/i\u003e, published by the Research Centre for Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the coeditor with Irving K. Y. Kao of the \u003ci\u003eNew Dictionary of Idiomatic American English\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chinese University of Hong Kong Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525266051346,"sku":"9789882370067","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2db3f188-8e08-4243-bb36-71490de63a65.jpg?v=1731211443","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/taipei-people-9789882370067","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}