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Taipei People by Hsien-yung Pai (Paperback, 2000)

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Product Description : Taipei People (English and Chinese Edition) Pai Hsienyung is among the most important writers in contemporary Chinese and world literature His masterpiece Taipei People is a classic of Taiwanese modernism with an intensity of vision comparable to James Joyces Dubliners it follows the individual struggles of the people of Taipei with a mix of compassion nostalgia mourning and tenacious clarityFifty years after its publication the collection continues to move readers around the world Stories from this collection have been translated into French German Italian Dutch Hebrew Japanese and Korean ( it is an used product )

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Widely acclaimed as a classic of contemporary fiction in Chinese, Taipei People has been frequently compared to James Joyce's Dubliners. Patrick Hanan praises the volume as the highest achievement in the contemporary Chinese story. Henry Miller considers Pai Hsien-yung a master of portraiture. Stories from this collection have already been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese and Korean.