Aina the Layman

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Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor: A Seventeenth-Century Chinese Story CollectionPaperback, 3 September 2019

Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor: A Seventeenth-Century Chinese Story Collection
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Print Length
320 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Date Published
3 Sep 2019
ISBN-10
0295746114
ISBN-13
9780295746111

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Written around 1660, the unique Chinese short story collection Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor (Doupeng xianhua), by the author known only as Aina the Layman, uses the seemingly innocuous setting of neighbors swapping yarns on hot summer days under a shady arbor to create a series of stories that embody deep disillusionment with traditional values. The tales, ostensibly told by different narrators, parody heroic legends and explore issues that contributed to the fall of the Ming dynasty a couple of decades before this collection was written, including self-centeredness and social violence. These stories speak to all troubled times, demanding that readers confront the pretense that may lurk behind moralistic stances.

Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor presents all twelve stories in English translation along with notes from the original commentator, as well as a helpful introduction and analysis of individual stories.

Product Details

Author:
Aina the Layman
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
3 September 2019
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.83 cm
ISBN-10:
0295746114
ISBN-13:
9780295746111
Language:
English
Location:
Seattle
Pages:
320
Weight:
471.74 gm

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