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Boy in the twilight : stories of the hidden China
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Uniform Title
Huanghun li de nanhai. English
Title
Boy in the twilight : stories of the hidden China / Yu Hua ; Translated from the Chinese by Allan H. Barr.
ISBN
9780307379368
0307379361
Edition
First American Edition.
Publication
New York : Pantheon Books, 2014.
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
vii, 195 pages ; 22 cm
Notes
Originally published in Chinese as Huanghun li de nanhai.
Summary
Presents thirteen tales about the sorrows, joys, and constants of modern China, including the story of an awkward youth who uses the perks of his government to court two women and a couple who toils in factories only to learn that their son has been wasting their money.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 02, 2014
Contents
Translator's Note
No Name of my Own
Boy in the Twilight
Why There Was No Music
Victory
Appendix
Mid-air Collisions
On the Bridge
Sweltering Summer
Timid as a Mouse
Their Son
The Skipping-and-stepping Game
Why do I Have to Get Married?
Friends.
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