Translated Work
浮城誌異
Title:
Prodiges d'une ville flottante
Genre:
Fiction
Chinese Book Title:
Page Numbers:
239 - 260
First Publication Date:
2006
Publisher:
Éditions Caractères
Language:
Monolingual (French)
Synopsis:
Marvels of a Floating City is a collection of Xi Xi's short stories on the turbulent and fascinating local life in the 1980s. The conflicts between the East and the West are skilfully woven together to create narratives of the hopes, anger and fears that gripped the people of Hong Kong in this crucial period of history.
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Author
Name:
ZHANG, Yan 張彥
Alternate Name:
張愛倫 ; 西西 ; CHEUNG, Oi Lun ; Xi Xi ; Hsi Hsi
Year of Birth:
1967
Birthplace:
Shanghai, China
Gender:
Female
Biography:
Born in China in 1938, Zhang came to Hong Kong at the age of twelve. She began to write for local newspapers and magazines when she was in secondary school. After receiving her Diploma of Education, she taught at a primary school and worked as an editor for several literary magazines. She also co-founded the non-profit publishing house Su Yeh Publications with her friends. Her best-known publications include 《我城》(My City) and 《浮城誌異》(Marvels of the Floating City), which depicted Hong Kong’s local life and social issues.
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Translator
Name:
CURIEN, Annie 安妮．居里安
Gender:
Female
Translator Biography:
Annie Curien is a French sinologist renowned for her academic interest in Contemporary Chinese and Sinophone Literature. She has translated works by Chinese writers such as Han Shaogong and Li Rui. She founded the programme Atelier Littéraire Bipolaire to promote literary exchanges between French and Chinese literati. Her publications include Hong Kong: Approches littéraires.
Editor
Name:
CURIEN, Annie 安妮．居里安
Birthplace:
France
Editor Biography:
Annie Curien is a French sinologist renowned for her academic interest in Contemporary Chinese and Sinophone Literature. She has translated works by Chinese writers such as Han Shaogong and Li Rui. She founded the programme Atelier Littéraire Bipolaire to promote literary exchanges between French and Chinese literati. Her publications include Hong Kong: Approches littéraires.
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Source Text Reference:
收入《七十五年科幻小說選》(1986)。
收入 《手卷》(1988)，頁1-19。
Published Date of Source Text:
1986
Target Text Reference:
Marvels of a Floating City and Other Stories by Xi Xi, edited by Eva Hung. Hong Kong : Research Centre for Translation, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997.