Chinese Literature and Culture Volume 3 Second Edition

In this volume, Canadian author Patrick Kavanagh contributes an important piece: "e;Smutty Moll for a Mattress Jig: Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Beijing,"e; a recollection of his encounter with the late Xiao Qian, who consulted him about the translation of the many colloquialisms while translating nearly-impossible Ulysses into Chinese. We also have Su Tong's masterpiece "e;West Window"e; translated by Prof. Feng Zhilin. Fraser Sutherland captures the spirit and subtlety of the story in his commentary with beautifully written lines like "e;A girl watches through a window. A boy watches the girl."e; Liu Chun's "e;Beijing Guys"e; is the story of a virgin girl being womanized by one of Beijing's "e;last bunch of friends in need and friends indeed,"e; who are maintaining an old tradition in an increasingly unrecognizable city and become decadent, adulterous, and selfish. "e;The Postman"e; is the work of Lin Peiyuan, a promising young author. It is "e;a story that lets readers into village life in rural China."e; (Craig Hulst). "e;A Poet's Elm"e; by Xu Yi is the story of a former poet whose eye disease has ruined her career and is creating psychological problems. In the poetry section, we have something quaint: the beautiful lyrics of a petty official in the Qing Dynasty: "e;From Intoxication to Sobriety: the Ditties of Zhao Qingxi,"e; something that has never been translated into English before.