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Book SynopsisPai Hsien-Yung is an internationally acclaimed author and the founder of
Modern Literature magazine. He is generally considered among the greatest living stylists of Chinese fiction and prose. His publications include the collections of short stories
Lonely Seventeen,
Taipei People, and
The New Yorker; the collection of prose writing
Suddenly the Past; and the novel
Crystal Boys. Pai became a professor of Chinese literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1965, and retired in 1994. In recent years he has devoted his energy to the promotion of Chinese
Kun opera to the world. He is the general producer and artistic director of the opera
Peony Pavilion, which has toured China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the U.S.
