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Title:
Reunion
Genre:
Fiction
Page Numbers:
174 - 192
First Publication Date:
1991
Publisher:
M. E. Sharpe
Language:
Monolingual (English)
Synopsis:
This is a story about the reunion between the female protagonist, Zhang Jing, and her old friend, Qiu Shuping, from Taiwan. Married to a successful businessman, Qiu seems to live a luxurious life while Zhang is working hard at a travel agency. When they are strolling through the designer shops, Zhang thinks of the old days when they were impoverished students back in Taiwan.
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Author
Name:
SHI, Shuqing 施淑卿
Alternate Name:
施叔青
Year of Birth:
1945
Birthplace:
Changhua, Taiwan
Gender:
Female
Biography:
Born in Taiwan in 1945, Shi was educated at Tamkang University and City University of New York. She moved to Hong Kong in 1978 and became director of Asian programmes at the Hong Kong Arts Centre. She returned to Taiwan in 1997. Her publications include 《香港三部曲》[Trilogy of Hong Kong] and 《微醺彩妝》(Tipsy Makeup).
Translator
Name:
LARSEN, Jeanne
Gender:
Female
Translator Biography:
Larsen was Associate Professor of English and creative writing at Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia. She is the translator of Brocade River Poems: Selected Works of the Tang Dynasty Courtesan Xue Tao, and the author of Silk Road: A Novel of Eighth Century China.
Editor
Name:
DUKE, Michael S. 杜邁可
Editor Biography:
Duke obtained his PhD in Chinese language and literature at U.C., Berkeley, and taught at the University of British Columbia. His publications include Blooming and Contending: Chinese Literature in the Post Mao Era and The Iron House: A Memoir of the Chinese Democracy Movement and the Tiananmen Massacre. He has translated a wide range of literary works, including works of Su Tong.
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Source Text Reference:
收入《九十年代(月刊)》總203期，1986年12月，頁94-102。
收入《世界中文小說選》下冊 (1987)，頁500-24。
Published Date of Source Text:
1986