Translated Work
木
First Publication Date:
1998
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (China)
Language:
Monolingual (English)
Synopsis:
Though distinctly different in style, this story can be read as a companion piece to “Uncle Che”, the previous work collected in the anthology. The writer's portrayal of the myriad feelings that the Hong Kong poet experiences as he seeks to befriend and to understand the Mainland poet captures beautifully the feelings of many Hong Kong intellectuals from the 1960s to early 1980s.
Author
Alternate Name:
吳煦斌 ; NG, Hui Bun
Biography:
Born in 1949 in Hong Kong, Ng obtained her master's degree in the United States. She published her works mainly in the 1980s and 1990s. Her publications include the fiction 木 (“Wood”).
Translator
Name:
CHEUNG, Martha Pui-yiu 張佩瑤
Translator Biography:
Born in Hong Kong in 1953, Cheung taught at a number of universities, specialising in Literature and Translation Studies. Her translations of Chinese literature into English include Han Shaogong’s Homecoming? and numerous works of Hong Kong poets such as Leung Ping Kwan. She also co-edited anthologies including An Oxford Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama and Hong Kong Collage: Contemporary Stories and Writing.
Translator Biography:
Chan completed her BA in Chinese and Translation at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She was studying at the City University for her MA in Language and Law at the time of publication.
Editor
Name:
CHEUNG, Martha Pui-yiu 張佩瑤
Editor Biography:
Born in Hong Kong in 1953, Cheung taught at a number of universities, specialising in Literature and Translation Studies. Her translations of Chinese literature into English include Han Shaogong’s Homecoming? and numerous works of Hong Kong poets such as Leung Ping Kwan. She also co-edited anthologies including An Oxford Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama and Hong Kong Collage: Contemporary Stories and Writing.
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Source Text Reference:
收入《四季》第2期,1975年5月,頁2-7。
收入《香港青年作家小說選》(1979),頁107-22。
收入《牛》(1980),頁19-43。
收入《吳煦斌小說集》(1987)。
Published Date of Source Text:
1975