Loud Sparrows: Contemporary Chinese Short-shorts (Weatherhead Books on Asia)
by Aili Mu, Howard Goldblatt Julie Chiubook data
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published
2006
by Columbia University Press
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Hardcover, 239 pages
isbn
0231138482
(isbn13: 9780231138482)
description
Extremely short stories-known as short-shorts-have become a global phenomenon, but nowhere have they been embraced as enthusiastically as in mainland
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Read in March, 2008
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Jessica
"Writing a full length novel is like playing a chef who, all by himself, prepares a big meal that is the equivalent of a state banquet . . . . Writing a very short story, however, is like cutting out fruit slices and turning them into a joyous platter of colorful display."
--Zhong Ling
Short Shorts remind me of bento boxes. Somewhere sometime I saw a really cool blog - or flicker page - chronicling daily creations of beauty in a lunch box.
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--Zhong Ling
Short Shorts remind me of bento boxes. Somewhere sometime I saw a really cool blog - or flicker page - chronicling daily creations of beauty in a lunch box.
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high school students doing Mr. Wood's anthology project
Also a great read for Mr. Wood anthology teens. This is a good fit for the Asian Author category, and has the bibliographic information they need as well.
All of the poems in this anthology are short, so it's perfect for the procrastinator.
All of the poems in this anthology are short, so it's perfect for the procrastinator.
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