Translated Work
打錯了
Title:
Wrong Number
Genre:
Fiction
Page Numbers:
303 - 304
First Publication Date:
1991
Publisher:
M. E. Sharpe
Language:
Monolingual (English)
Synopsis:
The fiction was inspired by a fatal accident at a bus stop that happened on the same day this story was written. A young man goes out to watch a movie and an accident takes place. It illustrates two possible scenarios. In the second scenario, the young man is saved from the accident by a misdialled phone call.
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Author
Name:
LAU, Yee-cheung 劉以鬯
Alternate Name:
劉同繹 ; LAU, Yee Cheung ; LIU, Yichang
Year of Birth:
1918
Year of Death:
2018
Birthplace:
Shanghai, China
Gender:
Male
Biography:
Born in 1918 in Shanghai, Liu moved to Hong Kong and worked as an editor for various newspapers. In 1963, Liu published the novel 《酒徒》[The Drunkard], which was one of the first Chinese-language novels to use modernist techniques. His works continued to influence and nurture Hong Kong writers.
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Translator
Name:
DUKE, Michael S. 杜邁可
Gender:
Male
Translator 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.
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《星島晚報‧大會堂》1983年6月1日。
收入《世界中文小說選》下冊 (1987)，頁473-75。
Published Date of Source Text:
1983