The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories: Flash Fiction from Contemporary China
edited by Shouhua Qi

Hugely popular in China, flash fiction is poised to be the most exciting new development in contemporary Chinese literature in a decade. Integrating both vernacular and contemporary styles while embracing new technologies such as text messaging (SMS) and blogging, contemporary Chinese flash fiction represents the voice of a civilization at the brink of a startling and unprecedented transformation. This collection features 120 short-short stories (from 100 to 300 words each), written by some of China's most dynamic and versatile authors. Dong Rui's "The Pearl Jacket" offers a glimpse of the real and surreal in human evolution, Chen Qiyou's "Butterfly Forever" brings an ancient Chinese literary motif into a startling modern context, while Liu Jianchao's "Concerned Departments" mocks the staggering complexity of life in the new urban China. Traditional, experimental, and avant-garde, "The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories" will reinvigorate the position of young Chinese writers as a major presence in contemporary literature. Their voices breathe new energy into modern Chinese literature, leaving the literary and societal stagnation of the Cultural Revolution behind as a distant memory.

ZC0627    The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories: Flash Fiction     $16.95

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