MCLC: Asian Highlands publishes Jing Shi

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: kirk (denton.2 at osu.edu)
Subject: Asian Highlands publishes Jing Shi
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The editors of Asian Highlands Perspectives are pleased to announce:

 
AHP 20: Ballad of the Huang River and Other Stories by Jing Shi,
translated by Keith Dede and Susan Su.

 
This volume features three novellas originally written in Chinese by the
Qinghai author Jing Shi. The novellas provide a finely textured portrayal
of Qinghai rural life in the twentieth century. An introduction and
transcribed interview provide context to the stories and their author.

 
>From the introduction by Keith Dede: "The wide appeal of Jing Shi's
fiction is certainly something he welcomes. As he sees it, literature, at
one level, should be entertaining. Stories are a way for people to derive
pleasure, enjoy a laugh, and while away some time. But stories are also
about communication, about communicating ideas concerning the ironies of
life and the trajectory of the human condition. Jing Shi thinks deeply
about the people of rural Qinghai, their culture, their predicaments,
their hopes, and their tragedies, and his stories communicate his thoughts
about these things, but also his deep affection for the people and culture
that raised him."

 
The free PDF is available here
<http://plateauculture.org/writing/ballad-huang-river-and-other-stories>.

And the at-cost hard cover here
<http://www.lulu.com/shop/jing-shi-and-keith-dede-and-susan-su/ahp20-ballad
-of-the-huang-river-and-other-stories/hardcover/product-20520823.html>
(17.95 USD).

 
Sincerely,
CK Stuart
Gerald Roche
Tshe dbang rdo rje
Timothy Thurston
Ren chin rdo rje