Three-legged horse / Cheng, Ch'ing-wen ; edited by Pang-yuan Chi.
Three-legged horse / Cheng, Ch'ing-wen ; edited by Pang-yuan Chi.
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, c1999.
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Call Numbers
N895.1352/3
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Language
English
Chinese
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Physical Description
Physical content
xv, 225 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Pang-Yuan Chi -- 1. The River Suite -- 2. The Mosquito -- 3. Betel Nut Town -- 4. A Fisherman's Family -- 5. The Last of the Gentlemen -- 6. Secrets -- 7. God of Thunder's Gonna Getcha -- 8. Autumn Night -- 9. Spring Rain -- 10. The Three-Legged Horse -- 11. Hair -- 12. The Coconut Palms...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, c1999.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1999.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
In the title story, an old man carves exquisite lame horses as both a penance for having terrorized a town as a police officer during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan in World War II and a memorial to his deceased wife, who was nobler and more courageous than he. This book is a kind of gallery of three-legged horses: portraits of people maimed and...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Three-legged horse / Cheng, Ch'ing-wen ; edited by Pang-yuan Chi.
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Notes
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Modern Chinese literature from Taiwan.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c1999.
Identifiers
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Call Numbers
N895.1352/3
Record Identifier
74VvWKKQNq5O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvWKKQNq5O
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ISBN
0231113870 (pbk)
9780231113861 (alk. paper)
0231113862 (alk. paper)
9780231113878 (pbk)
DDC
895.1352
MMS ID
991011910319702626
