Encounters with Chinese Writers by Annie Dillard (1984, Paperback)
by Dillard, Annie
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USA: Wesleyan University Press, 1984. Paperback. used-good condition, acceptable. Encounters with Chinese Writers. by Annie Dillard, published in 1984, tells of the author’s pilgrimage to China. This informative narrative is full of fascinating people: Chinese people, mostly writers, who encounter American writers in various bizarre circumstances in both China and the U.S. There is a toasting scene at a Chinese banquet; a portrait of a bitter, flirtatious diplomat at a dance hall; a formal meeting with Chinese writers; a conversation with an American businessman in a hotel lobby; an evening with long-suffering Chinese intellectuals in their house; a scene in the Beijing foreigners' compound with an excited European journalist; and a scene of unwarranted hilarity at the Beijing Library. In the U.S., there is Allen Ginsberg having a bewildering conversation in Disneyland with a Chinese journalist; there is the lovely and controversial writer Zhang Jie suiting abrupt mood changes to a variety of actions; and there is the fiercely spirited Jiange Zilong singing in a Connecticut dining room, eyes closed. These are real stories told with a warm and lively humor, with a keen eye for paradox, and with fresh insight into the human drama.
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- Title
- Encounters with Chinese Writers by Annie Dillard (1984, Paperback)
- Author
- Dillard, Annie
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- used-good condition, acceptable
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0819561568
- ISBN 13
- 9780819561565
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Chinese Writers Intercultural Dialogue Literary Encounters Personal Essays
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