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Boy in the twilight : stories of the hidden China
Title:
Boy in the twilight : stories of the hidden China
Author:
Hua, Yu, 1930-
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Uniform Title:
Huanghun li de nanhai. English
Edition:
First American Edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Pantheon Books, 2014.

©2014
Physical Description:
vii, 195 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
Presents thirteen tales about the sorrows, joys, and constants of modern China, including the story of an awkward youth who uses the perks of his government to court two women and a couple who toils in factories only to learn that their son has been wasting their money.
General Note:
Originally published in Chinese as Huanghun li de nanhai.
Language:
English
Contents:
Translator's Note -- No Name of my Own -- Boy in the Twilight -- Why There Was No Music -- Victory -- Appendix -- Mid-air Collisions -- On the Bridge -- Sweltering Summer -- Timid as a Mouse -- Their Son -- The Skipping-and-stepping Game -- -- Why do I Have to Get Married? -- Friends.
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ISBN:
9780307379368
Format :
Book