Loud sparrows : contemporary Chinese short-shorts / selected and translated by Aili Mu, Julie Chiu, Howard Goldblatt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mu, Alili.

Chiu, Julie.

Goldblatt, Howard, 1939-

Series:

Weatherhead books on Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Chinese--20th century.

Short stories, Chinese.

Genre:

Short stories, Chinese.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 239 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2006]

Contents:

I Grooming

A Lover's Ear / Yuan Qiongqiong 3

Mothballs / Chen Kehua 4

A Shaved Head / Wang Meng 6

Lover / Chen Kehua 7

Losing the Feet / Zhong Jufang 8

Fad / Zhang Zheng 11

II Change

Wrong Number / Liu Yichang 17

Learning to Talk / Wang Meng 19

A Seat / Liu Guofang 19

Self-Murder / Cai Nan 22

Last Stop, Mongkok / Che Zhengxuan 25

Parting / Wang Kuishan 27

The Beat / Liu Xinwu 29

III Choices

"Left" with No Chance / Chang Gang 35

Sunday Morning / Xi Xi 36

Jailbreak / Ku Ling 38

A Cup of Tea / Yu Yingmao 40

In the Haystack / Cao Naiqian 43

Returning Home on a Stormy Night / He Weiping 45

Tied Together by Fate / Chen Huiying 47

IV Governance

The Busy Secretary / Zhan Jing 53

Cloth Shoes / Ah Cheng 54

Promotion Report / Chen Hengchu 56

Purchase Request for a Kettle / Xu Shijie 58

A Capable Man Can't Handle a Small Case / Liu Jing 60

Ears / Sun Xuemin 62

V Games

What's Up, Lao Cao? / Chen Shixu 67

Number Eight / Wu Yimin 72

Observe / Ah Cheng 72

Confinement / Yuan Bingfa 75

Here's How the Flu Spreads / Qin Yong 76

The Upholder of Unity / Wang Meng 78

VI Controversy

A Tail / Wang Zengqi 83

Black Hen, White Hen / Ji Dongliang 84

My One Comment Too Many / Yi Ming 87

Gan Xiaocao's Bamboo Pole / Deng Hongwei 89

Right to the Heart of the Matter / Wang Meng 92

Sexual Harassment / Lin Li-chun 94

VII Anticipations

Bed-Wetting / Zhang Jishu 101

The Principle of Rebound / Xu Haiwei 102

Accidental Confidante / Bai Xiaoyi 104

Matching Sets / Wei Jinshu 106

Home / Xiu Xiangming 108

Rendez-vous / Si Li 111

VIII Creatures

Cat / Yuan Qiongqiong 117

Pets / Ah Cheng 118

Sea Turtle / Zhang Kangkang 121

Flies / Yuan Qiongqiong 123

The Crow and the Fox / Liang Dazhi 126

Waiting for a Windfall / Wang Yanyan 129

Little Stray Cat / Zhong Ling 131

IX Sharing

Division / Zhou Rui 137

Postcards / Ye Si 138

The Cycle / Ah Cheng 139

Black Umbrella / Yi Ruofen 143

Small-Hands Chen / Wang Zengqi 144

It Was the Pumpkin That Brought Me Here / Luo Feng 147

In-Law / Cao Naiqian 150

X (In)Fidelities

Elope / Fu Aimao 155

Frenchie / Ai Ya 156

Hickey / Ku Ling 158

Horse Talk / Mo Yan 160

A Family Catastrophe / Ku Ling 163

Hatred / Ah Cheng 165

Confession of a Photographer / Ku Ling 166

XI Nourishment

Good Wine / Chen Hui 171

Chimney Smoke / Ah Cheng 174

O Cafe / Ku Ling 177

The Bus Stop and Haws-sicles / Zhou Rui 179

Granny Drunkard / Feng Jicai 180

Tea Scum / Ling Dingnian 183

XII Weirdness

Disputatiasis / Wang Meng 189

The Features-Column Editor's Day-dream / Liu Yichang 190

Death Dream / Ku Ling 193

Empty Seat / Yuan Qiongqiong 194

Little, Little, Little, Little, Little... / Wang Meng 196

Strange Encounter / Mo Yan 197

XIII ?

An Explosion in the Living Room / Bai Xiaoyi 203

Going Home / Ai Ya 204

It Looks As If... / Teng Gang 205

Not Seen / Yuan Qiongqiong 208

My Wife Finally Goes Camping / Lin Ji 211

Contemplating Water / Zhong Ling 213

XIV Elegy

Father / Yuan Qiongqiong 219

A Knock at the Door / Lin Jinlan 220

Grandpa Pothook / Cao Naiqian 222

Killer Well / Zhong Ling 224

Looking Back at Life at the Moment of Death / Cai Nan 225

An Encounter with General Zhou / Chi Zijian 228

XV Looking Backward and Looking Ahead

The Look / Li Zuchen 233.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-236).

ISBN:

0231138482

OCLC:

62616117

Publisher Number:

9780231138482