故事新编

by Liu Yichang, 刘以鬯

本书收录《怒沉百宝箱》《孟姜女》《牛郎织女》和《劈山救母》四篇故事新编作品，为香港作家刘以鬯20世纪60年代报刊连载之作。《孟姜女》的哭崩长城、《牛郎织女》的鹊桥相会和《劈山救母》的沉香排除万难救母属神话改编；《怒沉百宝箱》写名妓杜十娘故事则改编自古典小说。四篇小说蛰伏旧报经年，今度推出简体中文版。

刘以鬯的故事新编一直备受推崇，而本书作品有别于刘以鬯的《寺内》《蜘蛛精》等实验探索，书写朴实而细腻。刘以鬯以丰富的民间文学知识，重新编写杜十娘、孟姜、织女和华山圣母的故事，描写四位女性受折磨的人生，借此表达他对女性，尤其是60年代劳工阶层妇女的关怀，富有文化意涵。

591 pages, Hardcover

Published August 1, 2019

About the author

Liu Tongyi was a Chinese novelist, essayist, poet and literary critic who writes under the pseudonym Liu Yichang (劉以鬯). He did not grow up in Hong Kong but spent the first thirty years of his life either there or in the wartime capital Chungking, where he went upon graduating from the English-speaking St John's University in 1941. It was in Chungking that he took up the profession of newspaper editing which he practised more or less continuously until his retirement in 1991. Liu came to Hong Kong in 1948, and apart from a spell in Singapore and Malaya (1952-1957), has made it his home.

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Liu Tongyi (chino mandarín) o Lau Tung-yik (chino cantonés), nacido en Shanghai el 7 de diciembre de 1918, es un escritor chino, autor de novelas, cuentos, poesía y crítica literaria, firma con el seudónimo Liu Yichang (chino mandarín) o Lau Yee-cheung (chino cantonés). Una de sus más notables novelas de monólogo interior: Intersección (對倒) inspiró Deseando amar de Wong Kar-wai.