| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
106 pages ; 23 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Contents |
A man of the world -- The meeting -- At the dance -- Sunning a jinx -- The Shanghai worker -- Some notes on reading -- Saving face -- The journalist -- Zhang Jie -- Disneyland -- What must they think? -- Not too easy -- Singing the blues. |
| Summary |
This informative narrative is full of fascinating people: Chinese people, mostly writers, who encounter American writers in various bizarre circumstances in both China and the U.S. There is a toasting scene at a Chinese banquet; a portrait of a bitter, flirtatious diplomat at a dance hall; a formal meeting with Chinese writers; a conversation with an American businessman in a hotel lobby; an evening with long-suffering Chinese intellectuals in their house; a scene in the Beijing foreigners' compound with an excited European journalist; and a scene of unwarranted hilarity at the Beijing Library. In the U.S., there is Allen Ginsberg having a bewildering conversation in Disneyland with a Chinese journalist; there is the lovely and controversial writer Zhang Jie suiting abrupt mood changes to a variety of actions; and there is the fiercely spirited Jiange Zilong singing in a Connecticut dining room, eyes closed. These are real stories told with a warm and lively humor, with a keen eye for paradox, and with fresh insight into the human drama. |
| Subject |
Authors, Chinese -- 20th century -- Anecdotes.
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Authors, Chinese. (OCoLC)fst00821889
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
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Anecdotes.
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| ISBN |
0819551309 (alk. paper) |
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9780819551306 (alk. paper) |
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0819561568 (pbk.) |
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9780819561565 (pbk.) |
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