Loud Sparrows: Contemporary Chinese Short-Shorts (Weatherhead Books on Asia)

by HowardGoldblatt (Author), Aili Mu (Author), JulieChiu (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2006

  $88.26

  A collection of ninety-one short-shorts, a form of short-storytelling. Presenting diverse voices and perspectives by writers, the stories are culled from newspapers, magazines, literary journals, and personal collections.

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $38.17

  A collection of ninety-one short-shorts, which range from the mundane to the sublime and illuminate various things from humanist ideals to traditional virtues to the material benefits of a commercialized society.