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Wild Kids : Two Novels about Growing Up Chang Ta-chun
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Novel
- Literary Movement
- Modernism
- Book Series
- Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan Ser.
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Taiwan
- ISBN
- 9780231120968
- Book Title
- Wild Kids : Two Novels about Growing Up
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Item Length
- 0.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Fiction, Literary Collections
- Topic
- Asian / Chinese, Asian / General, Literary, Coming of Age
- Item Weight
- 15.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231120966
ISBN-13
9780231120968
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1757701
Product Key Features
Book Title
Wild Kids : Two Novels about Growing Up
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Asian / Chinese, Asian / General, Literary, Coming of Age
Publication Year
2000
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Fiction, Literary Collections
Book Series
Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
15.9 Oz
Item Length
0.8 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
99-088264
Reviews
"Chang is an astute observer and perceptive cultural critic...English readers will easily identify with the sentiments and circumstances portrayed by Chang and skillfully translated by Berry." -- Sylvia Li-chun Lin, University of Colorado, Denver, World Literature Today, Chang writes accessible, knowing and very funny fiction about youth and screwed-up families--some of the best of its kind.... My Kid Sister ... could be America's next teen classic., "It's a considerable feat to have kids spout off about existentialism and not have them sound pretentious. Or high." -- Barbara Spindel, Spin, "This novel will inevitably invite comparisons with the classic The Catcher in the Rye." -- Philippines Today, "In two jaunty, disturbing novellas from Taiwan... Chang Ta-chun presents us with disaffected adolescents who roam city streets, complain about school, fantasize about gangster life, and wear Chicago Bulls T-shirts." -- Maureen McLane, The New York Times Book Review, Wild Kids turned out to be not only the window on Taiwan I was looking for, but also a quick and enjoyable summer read. It is not without depth nor short of something to sink your teeth into., It's a considerable feat to have kids spout off about existentialism and not have them sound pretentious. Or high., Chang writes accessible, knowing and very funny fiction about youth and screwed-up families -- some of the best of its kind.... My Kid Sister ... could be America's next teen classic., "Churning out political thrillers, martial arts short stories, hard-boiled detective mysteries, a sci-fi, collection, and just about every other genre since 1976, Chang Ta-chun is a literary celebrity in Taiwan." -- Martin Wong, Giant Robot Magazine, Chang is an astute observer and perceptive cultural critic...English readers will easily identify with the sentiments and circumstances portrayed by Chang and skillfully translated by Berry., " Wild Kids turned out to be not only the window on Taiwan I was looking for, but also a quick and enjoyable summer read. It is not without depth nor short of something to sink your teeth into." -- Jonathan S. Landreth, VirtualChina.com, Chang writes accessible, knowing and very funny fiction about youth and screwed-up families-some of the best of its kind.... My Kid Sister ... could be America's next teen classic., "Chang writes accessible, knowing and very funny fiction about youth and screwed-up families -- some of the best of its kind.... My Kid Sister ... could be America's next teen classic." -- Publishers Weekly, " Wild Kidsturned out to be not only the window on Taiwan I was looking for, but also a quick and enjoyable summer read. It is not without depth nor short of something to sink your teeth into." -- Jonathan S. Landreth, VirtualChina.com, Churning out political thrillers, martial arts short stories, hard-boiled detective mysteries, a sci-fi, collection, and just about every other genre since 1976, Chang Ta-chun is a literary celebrity in Taiwan., In two jaunty, disturbing novellas from Taiwan... Chang Ta-chun presents us with disaffected adolescents who roam city streets, complain about school, fantasize about gangster life, and wear Chicago Bulls T-shirts.
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College Graduate Student
Table Of Content
Translator's Introduction My Kid Sister A Present Just for Me Nausea A New Breed of Woman First Love Her Taboo On Treatment All That Remains Is Our Shell of Flesh Listening Intently and Telling Stories The Awakening of Laughter Chronicle of Death Ending in Insanity Wild Child Friends The Beginning In the Streets In the Heart of the Night Stories Games Good-for-nothings The Handgun Annie The Past On the Rooftop Brothers Mistakes The Hotel The Port Changes The Poster Secrets The Window Happiness Learning From Birth Pitiful The Celebrity The Adoption The Negotiation The Birthday And Supposing Forgetting
Synopsis
These two searingly funny and unsettling portraits of teenagers beyond the control and largely beneath the notice of adults in 1980s Taiwan are the first English translations of works by Taiwan's most famous and best-selling literary cult figure. Chang Ta-chun's intricate narrative and keen, ironic sense of humor poignantly and piercingly convey the disillusionment and cynicism of modern Taiwanese youth. Interweaving the events between the birth of the narrator's younger sister and her abortion at the age of nineteen, the first novel, My Kid Sister, evokes the complex emotional impressions of youth and the often bizarre social dilemmas of adolescence. Combining discussions of fate, existentialism, sexual awakening, and everyday "absurdities" in a typically dysfunctional household, it documents the loss of innocence and the deconstruction of a family. In Wild Child, fourteen-year-old Hou Shichun drops out of school, runs away from home, and descends into the Taiwanese underworld, where he encounters an oddball assortment of similarly lost adolescents in desperate circumstances. This novel will inevitably invite comparisons with the classic The Catcher in the Rye, but unlike Holden Caulfield, Hou isn't given any second chances. With characteristic frankness and irony, Chang's teenagers bear witness to a new form of cultural and spiritual bankruptcy., These two searingly funny and unsettling portraits of teenagers beyond the control and largely beneath the notice of adults in 1980s Taiwan are the first English translations of works by Taiwan's most famous and best-selling literary cult figure.
LC Classification Number
PL2837.T3Y4413 2000
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Copyright Date
2000
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