| Tower for the Summer Heat Revised Edition Contributor(s): Yu, Li (Author), Hanan, Patrick (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0231113854 ISBN-13: 9780231113854 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1998 Annotation: Li Yu, considered a master of comedy in Chinese literature, was a novelist, playwright, and essayist in the 17th century. In this collection, Patrick Hanan translates six of the twelve stories in the Sh'ier lou collection, which is the most famous individual collection of vernacular stories from pre-modern China. "One of the funniest books ever written".--THE NEW YORKER. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 895.134 |
| LCCN: 98-17764 |
| Series: Translations from the Asian Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.12" W x 8" (0.62 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Chinese - Ethnic Orientation - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hanan has translated six of the twelve stories in the Sh'ier lou collection, which is the most famous individual collection of vernacular stories from premodern China. With Hanan's introduction and notes, and containing Li Yu's emphasis marks, notes, and critiques, this volume will interest students of Chinese literature and general readers alike. |