Translated Work
超越與傳真機
Title:
Transcendence and the Fax Machine
Genre:
Fiction
Book Title:
Page Numbers:
390 - 396
First Publication Date:
1999
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (China)
Language:
Monolingual (English)
Synopsis:
This is a story about a research assistant trying to fax a paper he has written about transcendence. His relationship with the fax machine starts off perfectly fine, and as he falls in love with the machine, and anticipates the reply from his French co-worker, he gets distracted by a huge pile of advertisements coming from the fax machine. Despite his exquisite ministrations to the machine, it eventually fails him.
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Author
Name:
LEUNG, Ping-kwan 梁秉鈞
Alternate Name:
也斯 ; 心猿 ; Ye Si ; Xin Yuan
Year of Birth:
1949
Year of Death:
2013
Birthplace:
Guangdong, China
Gender:
Male
Biography:
Born in 1949, Leung was one of Hong Kong's best-known cultural icons. A versatile writer, his works ranged from poetry to novels, including《布拉格的明信片》 (Postcards from Prague) (1990), 《半途：梁秉鈞詩選》(Mid-way: Leung Ping Kwan's Poetry Collection and 《後殖民食物與愛情》(Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart).
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Translator
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.
Name:
WILCOXON, Hardy C., Jr. Hardy C. Wilcoxon, Jr.
Gender:
Male
Translator Biography:
Wilcoxon is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his PhD in English from Yale University. He has published articles on Hong Kong students' perception of American 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《星島日報．文學周刊》。
收入《布拉格的明信片：也斯小說》(1990)，頁39-47 [題：Transcendence and the Fax Machine]。
收入《越界的行程》(2009)，頁282-89 [題：超越與傳真機]。
Published Date of Source Text:
1990