The pearl jacket and other stories : flash fiction from contemporary China / edited and translated by Shouhua Qi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Qi, Shouhua.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Chinese--Translations into English.

Short stories, Chinese.

Chinese fiction--21st century--Translations into English.

Chinese fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : Stone Bridge Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the Publisher: "Modern Chinese fiction-looks to have made a great leap towards the bookshelves of [Western] readers."-Guardian. Hugely popular in China, flash fiction is poised to be the most exciting new development in contemporary Chinese literature in a decade. Integrating both vernacular and contemporary styles while embracing new technologies such as text messaging (SMS) and blogging, contemporary Chinese flash fiction represents the voice of a civilization at the brink of a startling and unprecedented transformation. This collection features 120 short-short stories (from 100 to 300 words each), written by some of China's most dynamic and versatile authors. Dong Rui's The Pearl Jacket offers a glimpse of the real and surreal in human evolution, Chen Qiyou's Butterfly Forever brings an ancient Chinese literary motif into a startling modern context, while Liu Jianchao's Concerned Departments mocks the staggering complexity of life in the new urban China. Traditional, experimental, and avant-garde, The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories will reinvigorate the position of young Chinese writers as a major presence in contemporary literature. Their voices breathe new energy into modern Chinese literature, leaving the literary and societal stagnation of the Cultural Revolution behind as a distant memory.

Contents:

Relationships

Door forever / Shao Baojian

Moonlit window/ Deng Kaishang

Nest of oat stalks / Cao Naiqian

July 28, 1976 / Yuan Bingfa

Girl in the red skirt / Yue Yong

Odd day, even day / Ling Rongzhi

You are my only one / Wei Jinshu

Lovebird for you / Xing Qingjie

Mosquito nets / Wu Shouchun

Caterpillar on your shoulder! / Liu Weiping

Big buddy / Wang Kuishan

Return visit / Ai Ya

Butterfly forever / Chen Qiyou

Cold night / Yu Dafu

Sweetheart / Ku Ling

Feelings / Li Ang

My bride / Wu Nianzhen

Love story of A and B / Yindi

Nightclub-tique / Zhong Zimei

Family

Blowfish / Wang Renshu

Two letters / Tang Xunhua

Black butterfly / Liu Guofang

Facade / Shen Hong

Letters / Wang Peijing

Goldie / Ma Baoshang

Straw ring / Jinguang

Marriage certificate / Mo Xiaomi

Money order / Bai Xuechu

Soy sauce / Zhao Wenhui

Secret / Liu Liying

Happy family / Wu Di

Portraits

Daigou / Shen Congwen

Singer that can sing / Wang Meng

Story outside my window / Yide'erfu

Big feet Zhuang / Hu Qiyong

Monument / Sun Yuwen

Abandoned baby / Ang Liang

False teeth / He Liwei

Bridge pillar / Yang Xiangsheng

Higher education / Si Yusheng

Yellow scarf / Xue Tao

Auntie Fei / Xu Huifeng

Time travel / Cai Nan

Black and white / Li Qixiang

My university / Hou Deyun

Fat cat's woman / Lin Ruqiu

Floral shorts / Lu Jianhua

Eunuch / Zhang Jishu

Female visitor / Zeng Ping

Reckoning / Zheng Hongjie

Outside world / Zhou Rencong

Shanshan / Danru

Applause / Haixin

Mad about you / Sang Ni

Society

Bargain / Hu Yepin

Lottery / Lao She

Comedy of the power poles / Su Shuyang

Street corner / Shen Shanzeng

Spring night / Wu Jinliang

Request for the purchase of a kettle / Xu Shijie

Two patients / Jiang Zilong

Bright yellow / Liu Xinwu

Comedy of birds / Zhong Jieying

Chief staff member / Sheng Xiaoqing

Carpet / Hang Ying

Bird / Lu Fuhong

I had a dream / Chen Rong

American apple / Li Jingwen

Expectations / Liang Haichao

Concerned departments / Liu Dianxue

Oh, isn't this general manager Gao? / Liu Jianchao

Cat and mouse play / Ling Dingnian

Red envelope / Guo Xuerong

Homeless / He Peng

Creativity / He Kaiwen

Roses / Yang Kui

Pearl jacket / Dong Rui

One drizzly afternoon / Tao Ran

Truth And Art

He / Guo Moruo

Theme / Lu Xun

Two unforgettable impressions / Xia Yan

Ferry / Gao Xiaosheng

Explosion in the living room / Bai Xiaoy

White gem / Ru Rongxing

To kill the sister-in-law / Jia Pingao

Tiger, tiger / Liu Gong

Autumn / Xia Xueqin

Wrong number / Liu Yichang

Existential Moments

Light / Wang Luyan

That ball of cloud / Pu Benlin

Mullet and mackerel / Lin Jinlan

Beautiful ears / Sha Miannong

Hawk in the sky / Xiu Xiangming

Serious speech to promote Mark Twain's humorous speeches / Sha Weixing

Precious stone / Xu Guojiang

Immortality / Huang Keting

Two pines / Li Yongkang

Same river twice? / Han Lei

Hands / Ma Xinting

Gift of a bright moon / Ling Qingquan

Red light / Luo Yanru

Time / Xiu Shi

Strange And Extraordinary

Little-hand Chen / Wang Cengqi

Gold washer / Xing Ke

Hunchback tan / Liu Renqian

Perfect robbery / Feng Jicai

One move game / Xu Xing

Bee bandits / Wang Qian

Deadly game / Yi Nong

Qu Yuan's wisdom / Cao Dequan

Bird cypress / Sun Fangyou

Horse whisperer / Jiang Xinjie

Style / Xiang Yuting

Tragicomedy / Gao Kuan

Merchant of wills / Teng Gang

Dance of the pearls / Xie Zhiqiang

Mr Purple gold / Yang Xiaofang

Death of Li Damin / Chen Yonglin

Parrot / Tao Li

Notes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-61172-504-6

OCLC:

727647930