{"product_id":"ying-chens-impressions-of-summer-9781635340907","title":"Ying Chen's Impressions of Summer","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChen, Ying:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ying Chen's novels include La mémoire de l'eau, Les lettres chinoises, L'ingratitude (which won the Prix Québec-Paris, and was published in the U.S. as \"Ingratitude,\" translated by Carol Volk), Immobile (which won the Prix Alfred-DesRochers), Le champ dans la mer and Querelle d'un squelette avec son double. She practices a lean, polished and deceptively simple writing style, free of flourishes and excess verbiage. As a child, one of her schoolteachers once told her \"the most simple is the most beautiful\", and she has retained this idea. Born in Shanghai in 1961 French studies from 1979 to 1983 in University of Fudan, and from 1989 to 1991 in McGill University Living in Vancouver since 2002 Recognitions: France-Canada prize 1995, Quebec Librarian prize 1995 Readers' price from Elle magazine 1995 Gérard-Moreau Price (British Colombia) 2015 Titled Chevalière en lettres by French ministry of culture 2003 Listed for French Femina prize 1995, IMPAC Dublin Award 2000, Premio Letterario Acerbi 2002, Quebec college prize 2009, Canadian Governor General Award 2015 (catagory essay)\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchulman, Peter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Dr. Peter Schulman is Professor of French and International Studies at Old Dominion University. He is Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques and the author of The Sunday of Fiction: The Modern French Eccentric (Purdue University Press, 2003) as well as Le Dernier Livre du Siècle (Romillat, 2001) with Mischa Zabotin. He has edited a critical edition of Jules Verne's The Begum's Millions (Wesleyan University Press, 2005) and recently translated Jules Verne's last novel The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz (University of Nebraska Press. 2012) as well as a meditation on waves by Marie Darrieussecq, On Waves (VVV editions, 2014); Suburban Beauty from poet Jacques Reda (VVV editions, 2009) and Adamah from Celine Zins (Gival Press, 2010). He is currently coeditor in chief of a new journal of eco-criticism, Green Humanities with Josh Weinstein (Virginia Wesleyan College) and has co-edited the following books: The Marketing of Eros: Performance, Sexuality and Consumer Culture (Die Blaue Eule, 2003); Chasing Esther: Jewish Expressions of Cultural Difference (Kol Katan Press, 2007) and Rhine Crossings: France and German in Love and War (SUNY Press, 2004).","brand":"Finishing Line Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705348325650,"sku":"9781635340907","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6d2f65a9-37ed-48ea-86bd-889eba9a17a2.jpg?v=1762345971","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ying-chens-impressions-of-summer-9781635340907","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}