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Chinese Literature Press, Published 1982. Wraps, 166 pp.; 22 cm; text in English; nine pages of color plates and black-and-white illustrations throughout.
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In Very Good condition. Pictorial wraps (cover image a traditional ink-wash painting, "Gourds" by Zhu Qizhan) with mild shelf wear, light bumping and creasing to the cover edges, and slight toning to the rear panel. Binding tight. Pages lightly toned with age but clean and unmarked. The December 1982 issue (No. 12) of the English-language literary monthly Chinese Literature, first published in 1951 and edited at this time by Yang Xianyi (1915-2009), one of the foremost twentieth-century translators of Chinese literature into English. The centerpiece of the issue is the new short story "The Log Cabin Overgrown with Creepers" by the young Hunan writer Gu Hua, accompanied by his essay "How I Became a Writer." Other contents include selections from Liu E's late-Qing novel The Travels of Lao Can in Gladys Yang's translation, with an introductory essay by Yang Xianyi; early prose by Ba Jin; a survey of the Beijing Academy of Painting's twenty-fifth anniversary exhibition; an interview with the ci poetry scholar Tang Guizhang; three contemporary poems; an article on ancient Chinese bronze drums; reviews of new Chinese books; and the 1982 subject index. Nine pages of color plates reproduce contemporary Chinese painting; the cover painting is by Zhu Qizhan and the inside back cover by Wang Ailan. Contents: To Our Readers (Yang Xianyi); The Log Cabin Overgrown with Creepers (Gu Hua); How I Became a Writer (Gu Hua); Twenty-Five Years of the Beijing Academy of Painting (Rui An); Selected Early Writings, Outside a Rubble Strewn Garden, The Light, The Sun, The Su Causeway (Ba Jin); An Interview with the "Ci" Scholar Tang Guizhang (Guan Jian); Three Poems, To the Innovators (Chen Jingrong), Pebble (Chagan), The Seal of a Pathbreaker (Zhang Deyi); On "The Travels of Lao Can" (Yang Xianyi); Selections from "The Travels of Lao Can" (Liu E); Oil Paintings by Zhan Jianjun (Ai Zhongxin); Tales of Ancient Painters, A Little Cowherd Critic, The Painting with the Hidden Temple, Bada Shanren's Strange Paintings (Teng Mingdao); "Waterfall in Autumn" (Yao Shiying); Ancient Chinese Bronze Drums (Ji Cheng); New Books; Cultural News; 1982 Subject Index.