His informal but polished style in both chinese and english made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, and his compilations and translations of classic chinese texts into english were bestsellers in the west. His informal but polished style in both chinese and english made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, and. But lin yutang, in this novel of china, written in english but adhering closely to the chinese manner, has taken us into the inner courts of family life, has told the story of peking upperclass girls, an officials household, with marriages and intermarriages confusing. His informal but polished style in both chinese and english made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, and his compilations and translations of classic chinese texts into english were bestsellers in. Moment in peking is a novel originally written in english by chinese author lin yutang. The novel, lin s first, covers the turbulent events in china from 1900 to 1938, including the boxer uprising, the republican revolution of 1911, the warlord era, the rise of nationalism and communism, and the start of the sinojapanese war of 19371945. Tomo i by yutang, lin and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Nora waln gave us some some sense of that life, but she, after all was an outsider.
Lin yutang biography lin yutang was a famous chinese translator and writer who invented the chineselanguage typewriter. Lin yutang october 10, 1895 march 26, 1976 was a chinese writer and inventor. I know ill love this book as i lost my copy years ago and am looking forward to reading it again. Changzhou, 1895 hong kong, 1976 escritor y filologo chino. Moment in peking paperback january 1, 1999 by lin yutang author, lin taiyi foreword 4. October 10, 1895 march 26, 1976 was a chinese inventor, linguist, novelist, philosopher, and translator. Momento en pekin es una novela escrita originalmente en ingles por chinos autor lin yutang. Pearl buck for the first time took away the stage props, and made the chinese living, moving. This biography provides detailed information about. One feels that for the first time it is possible to get inside the minds and hearts of contemporary chinese, not in their political and economic life, as one does through carl crow, but in their intimate personal lives.
Moment in peking has been described as an historical novel, originally written in english by chinese scholar and writer lin yutang. During the laying period the following increases were noted. Lin yutang libros, revistas y comics en mercado libre. The novel covers the turbulent events in china from 1900 to the mid1930s, and includes the boxer uprising of 1900, the revolution of 1911 that kicked out the emperor, the ensuing warlord era, and the start of the. Reviewed in the united kingdom on september 27, 20. Dec 14, 2015 lin yutang was a chinese writer, translator, linguist and inventor.
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