num_pages: 484
description: Pai Hsien-yung is among the most important writers in contemporary Chinese and world literature. His masterpiece Taipei People is a classic of Taiwanese modernism; with an intensity of vision comparable to James Joyce’s Dubliners , it follows the individual struggles of the people of Taipei, with a mix of compassion, nostalgia, mourning, and tenacious clarity.Fifty years after its publication, the collection continues to move readers around the world. Stories from this collection have been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese, and Korean.
language: English
title: Taipei People
titlecomplete: Taipei People
genres: 20th Century, China, Literature, Cultural, Short Stories, Asia, Chinese Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 843
publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press