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A panoramic literary anthology that explores the inner story of China in the twentieth century.

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"Huang is previously the author of a witty and stylish book about Charlie Chan which drew on a variety of artforms – from doggerel verses to B-movies – to reflect on the representation of China in the West. The Big Red Book, which benefits from translations by a Who’s Who of talent, is similarly wide-ranging. And while Huang’s prose choices are relatively conventional, his selections of poems and sketches of their authors are engagingly idiosyncratic." -- The Times Literary Supplement
"[A] worthwhile anthology... that manages to combine the established canon with less-well-known selections... [Its] breadth and variety…will, one hopes, encourage new readers to explore more Chinese literature in full translations." -- Julia Lovell - The New York Times Book Review
"...a magisterial new volume..." -- The Herald

The Big Red Book of Modern Chinese Literature

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    A Hardback by Yunte Huang

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/03/2016
      ISBN13: 9780393239485, 978-0393239485
      ISBN10: 0393239489
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A panoramic literary anthology that explores the inner story of China in the twentieth century.

      Trade Review
      "Huang is previously the author of a witty and stylish book about Charlie Chan which drew on a variety of artforms – from doggerel verses to B-movies – to reflect on the representation of China in the West. The Big Red Book, which benefits from translations by a Who’s Who of talent, is similarly wide-ranging. And while Huang’s prose choices are relatively conventional, his selections of poems and sketches of their authors are engagingly idiosyncratic." -- The Times Literary Supplement
      "[A] worthwhile anthology... that manages to combine the established canon with less-well-known selections... [Its] breadth and variety…will, one hopes, encourage new readers to explore more Chinese literature in full translations." -- Julia Lovell - The New York Times Book Review
      "...a magisterial new volume..." -- The Herald

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