Availability:In StockContributor:Ran Chen, John Howard-Gibbon (Translator)Series:Weatherhead Books on AsiaPublish date:2004-05-12Pages:214
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231131964ISBN-10:231131968UPC:9780231131964Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Asian, Women's StudiesSize:8.32 x 5.80 x 0.78 inchesWeight:0.9304Product ID:SCYVMBP6RN
A Private Life
From one of China's most celebrated contemporary novelists comes this riveting tale of a young woman's emotional and sexual awakening. Set in the turbulent decades of the Cultural Revolution and the Tian'anmen Square incident, A Private Life exposes the complex and fantastical inner life of a young woman growing up during a time of intense social and political upheaval.
At the age of twenty-six,...Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231131964ISBN-10:231131968UPC:9780231131964Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Asian, Women's StudiesSize:8.32 x 5.80 x 0.78 inchesWeight:0.9304Product ID:SCYVMBP6RN
Chen Ran is the author of numerous short stories, which are available in the four-volume Collected Works of Chen Ran, and Bits and Pieces, a collection of essays. A Private Life is the first of her works to appear in English.
John Howard-Gibbon, a copy editor for China Daily in Beijing, has translated many works, notably Lao She's Teahouse.Publisher: Columbia University Press
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