Translated Work
大話
Title:
Bragging
Genre:
Fiction
Chinese Book Title:
Book Title:
Page Numbers:
247 - 249
First Publication Date:
2005
Publisher:
Foreign Language Press
Language:
Monolingual (English)
Synopsis:
The male protagonist, Dr. Lap, decides to invent a bragging machine that can automatically tell lies all day long. After his wife tests it, she claims to be the one who invented the machine and Dr. Lap is glad that human beings can no longer distinguish falsehoods from truths, but his wife, ironically, gains fame and Dr. Lap becomes a divorcee.
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Author
Name:
CHUNG, Yuk-piu 鐘毓標
Alternate Name:
鍾子美 ; CHUNG, Tsz-mei ; ZHONG, Zimei
Year of Birth:
1942
Gender:
Male
Biography:
Zhong is a writer currently living in Hong Kong. He is the editor of the journals 《夏聲拾韻》[Summer Tunes] and 《香港散文詩》[Essays and Poetry of Hong Kong]. Some of his works can be found in his personal website: http://www.fengtipoeticclub.com/yukbiuchung/yukbiuchung-menu.html.
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Translator
Name:
HUANG, Harry J. 黃俊雄
Gender:
Male
Translator Biography:
Huang is a retired Canadian professor who translated for the book An Anthology of Chinese Short Short Stories.
Editor
Name:
HUANG, Harry J. 黃俊雄
Editor Biography:
Huang is a retired Canadian professor who translated for the book An Anthology of Chinese Short Short Stories.