The Border Town and Other Stories

by Shen Congwen 沈从文, Gladys Yang (Translator)

沈从文著的《边城及其他(精)》以20世纪30年代川湘交界的边城小镇茶峒为背景，以兼具抒情诗和小品文的优美笔触，描绘了湘西地区特有的风土人情。借船家少女翠翠的爱情悲剧，凸显出了人性的善良美好与心灵的澄澈纯净。整部作品在现实主义中融入了浪漫主义的艺术手法，以其独特的艺术魅力吸引了众多海内外的读者。

Genres: Short Stories

195 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Shen Congwen (沈从文, December 28, 1902 – May 10, 1988), formerly romanized as Shen Ts'ung-wen, was one of the greatest modern Chinese writers, on par with Lu Xun. Regional culture and identity plays a much bigger role in his writing than that of other major early modern Chinese writers. He was known for combining the vernacular style with classical Chinese writing techniques. Shen is the most important of the "native soil" writers in modern Chinese literature...

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Con...

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