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Title: A TOWER FOR THE SUMMER HEAT
By: Li Yu, Patrick Hanan (Trans)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0231113854
ISBN 13: 9780231113854
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Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 20 August, 1998
Series: Translations from the Asian Classics
Pages: 256
Translated from: Chinese
Description: 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 premodern China. With Hanan's introduction and notes, and containing Li Yu's emphasis marks, notes, and critiques, this volume will interest students of Chinese literature and general readers alike.
Synopsis: 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 premodern China. With Hanan's introduction and notes, and containing Li Yu's emphasis marks, notes, and critiques, this volume will interest students of Chinese literature and general readers alike.
Publication: US
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Returns: Returnable
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