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Tomb, K T
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Fiction
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2014
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Quests Unlimited Press
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English
β 68 KB
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The Lost Garden
β Scribed by Li, Ang
- Book ID
- 109131494
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 626 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780231540322
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Li Ang, the pen name of Shih Shu-tuan, is also the author of the award-winning The ButcherοΏ½s Wife. A prolific writer and astute social critic, she was honored by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication with its Chevalier de LοΏ½Ordre des Arts et des Lettres award, and a modern dance based on her short story was shortlisted for Der Faust Prize. Sylvia Li-chun Lin, formerly associate professor of Chinese at the University of Notre Dame, translates contemporary Chinese fiction from Taiwan and China. Howard Goldblatt, a Guggenheim Fellow, is an internationally renowned translator of Chinese fiction, including the novels of Mo Yan, the 2012 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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