Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor (e-bog) af Layman, Aina the
Layman, Aina the (forfatter)

Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor e-bog

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Written around 1660, the unique Chinese short story collection Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor (Doupeng xianhua), by the author known only as Aina the Layman, uses the seemingly innocuous setting of neighbors swapping yarns on hot summer days under a shady arbor to create a series of stories that embody deep disillusionment with traditional values. The tales, ostensibly told by different narrato...
E-bog 509,93 DKK
Forfattere Layman, Aina the (forfatter), Wanderer, Ziran the Eccentric (medforfatter), Hegel, Robert E. (redaktør)
Udgivet 3 april 2017
Længde 320 sider
Genrer Anthologies: general
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780295999982
Written around 1660, the unique Chinese short story collection Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor (Doupeng xianhua), by the author known only as Aina the Layman, uses the seemingly innocuous setting of neighbors swapping yarns on hot summer days under a shady arbor to create a series of stories that embody deep disillusionment with traditional values. The tales, ostensibly told by different narrators, parody heroic legends and explore issues that contributed to the fall of the Ming dynasty a couple of decades before this collection was written, including self-centeredness and social violence. These stories speak to all troubled times, demanding that readers confront the pretense that may lurk behind moralistic stances.Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor presents all twelve stories in English translation along with notes from the original commentator, as well as a helpful introduction and analysis of individual stories.