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" Selected for their intrinsic literary interest and their representative importance in the development of the modern Chinese short story," the nine stories in this volume are intended to impress upon the western reader the strength and vitality of modern Chinese fiction. Eight of the selections have never been translated before, and teh ninth one, Nieh Hua-ling's "The several Blessings of Wnag Ta-nien," appears here in revised form. All of the eight authors included have written fiction show more deserving of international attention. Four--Yu Ta-fu, Shen Ts'ung-wen, Chang T'ien-i, Wu Tsu-hsiang - were active before World War II and belong to an earlier generation; four -- Eileen Chang, Nieh Hua-ling, Shui Ching, Pai Hsien-yung-- are very active today and carry forward the modern tradition in contemporary Chinese fiction as distant from the Communist tradition developed on the mainland. Of the earlier generation, Chang Tien-i and Shen Ts'ung-wen are commonly regarded as the two most important short-story writers of the thirties while Yu Ta-fu is best known for his sensitive portrayal of the alienated modern youth and Wu tsu-hsiang for his powerful regionalism and sympathy for the poor. All of the four younger writers now live in America. Eileen Chang, represented here by her own translation of the novelette "The Golden Cangue," has been acclaimed as "the best and most important writer in Chinese today," and Pai Hsien-yung, a man in his early thirties, has won general recognition as the finest short-story writer of his generation." show lessTags
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