Memories of Peking : south side stories / Lin Hai-yin ; translated by Nancy C. Ing and Chi Pang-yuan ; with an introduction by Peng Hsiao-yen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hai-yin, Lin, author.

Contributor:

Ing, Nancy, translator.

Qi, Bangyuan, translator.

Peng, Xiaoyan, 1952- writer of introduction.

Standardized Title:

Cheng nan jiu shi. English

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Beijing (China)--History--20th century--Fiction.

Beijing (China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 154 p. :) ill ;

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, [2020]

Summary:

Through the keen eyes and curious mind of a young girl, Ying-tzu, we are given a glimpse into the adult world of Peking in the 1920s.The five sequential stories in this collection can be read as either stand-alone pieces, or as a novel, due to the cleverly constructed themes and character development. Exploring ideas of loss and bewilderment, Lin Hai-yin carefully captures the transition from childhood to adulthood.Shielded by a child's innocence, we are taken on a journey of discovery as Ying-tzu grapples with the uncertainties of human relationships as well as her developing awareness of the world around her. Poignant and poetic, it is hard not to be moved by Memories of Peking: South Side Stories.

Contents:

Half title page

Frontispiece

Full title page

Copyright

Table of Contents

Introduction

Translators' Introduction

1. Winter Sun, Childhood Years, the Camel Caravan

2. Hui-an Hostel

3. Let Us Go and See the Sea

4. Lan I-niang

5. Donkey Rolls

6. Papa's Flowers Have Fallen

And I Was No Longer a Child

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789882378148

9882378145

OCLC:

1145032301