Tower for the Summer Heat
Li Yu
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Quantity: 4From Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
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Quantity: 4About this Item
Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized. Seller Inventory # M0231113846Z3
Bibliographic Details
Title: Tower for the Summer Heat
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
About this title
Hanan has translated six of the twelve stories in the Sh'ier lou collection, which is the most famous individual collection of vernacular stories from pre-modern China. With Hanan's introduction and notes, and containing with Li Yu's emphasis marks, notes, and critiques, this volume will interest students of Chinese literature and general readers alike.
PATRICK HANAN is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University. He is the translator of The Carnal Prayer Mat and author of several books, including The Invention of Li Yu and The Chinese Vernacular Story.
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