Translated Work
骨骾
Title:
A Bone Stuck in the Throat
Genre:
Fiction
Book Title:
Page Numbers:
81 - 96
First Publication Date:
1999
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (China)
Language:
Monolingual (English)
Synopsis:
The female protagonist is a secretary to a bank manager, Peter Chen, and she finds herself caught in the rumour that Chen and she shared a clandestine relationship. As a person with strict principles, she rejects the idea of taking advantage of her boss to gain a promotion, and confronts Chen, who is found to be the one to spread the rumours himself. After failing to be promoted, he accidentally kills himself while drinking fish soup.
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Author
Name:
KAN, Mo-han 簡慕嫻
Alternate Name:
辛其氏 ; SUNG, Kei-shi ; XIN, Qishi
Year of Birth:
1950
Birthplace:
Hong Kong
Gender:
Female
Biography:
Born in Hong Kong in 1950, Kan is a writer whose work has been published in newspapers and literary magazines. Her publications include the novel《紅格子酒舖》(The Red Chequers Pub), as well as the essay collection 《每逢佳節》[Every Festival].
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Translator
Name:
ZHANG, Benzi 張本梓
Gender:
Male
Translator Biography:
Zhang was Associate Professor in the Department of English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong at the time of publication. He received his PhD in English from the University of Alberta, Canada. He has published articles on modern fiction and Asian American literature.
Name:
YIP, Terry Siu-han 葉少嫻
Gender:
Female
Translator Biography:
Yip was Professor and Chairperson of the Department of English Language and Literature at Hong Kong Baptist University at the time of publication. She received her PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has published extensively on gender and modern literature.
Editor
Name:
TAM, Kwok-kan 譚國根
Editor Biography:
Tam is Professor in the Department of English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his PhD in comparative literature from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has published books and articles on modern Chinese literature, comparative studies of the theatre, and Western literary theory.
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Name:
YIP, Terry Siu-han 葉少嫻
Editor Biography:
Yip was Professor and Chairperson of the Department of English Language and Literature at Hong Kong Baptist University at the time of publication. She received her PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has published extensively on gender and modern literature.
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Name:
DISSANAYAKE, Wimal 迪沙那亞基
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Source Text Reference:
收入《青色的月牙》(1986)，頁145-62。
Published Date of Source Text:
1986