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Mr Ma and Son
Taschenbuch von Lao She
Sprache: Englisch
Originalsprache: Chinesisch

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A deliciously funny and moving comedy-of-manners about a Chinese father and son's experiences at the height of London's Jazz Age'He was in London - why be bothered looking at it? Wasn't it bad enough just being there?'Newly arrived from China, Mr Ma and his son Ma Wei run an antiques shop nestled by St Paul's Cathedral, where they try to make a living amid the smog and bustle of 1920s London. As they struggle with money, misunderstandings and the ways of the English - from the overbearing patronage of missionary Reverend Ely to their well-meaning landlady Mrs Weddeburn and her carefree daughter - can understanding, even love, blossom? Both a moving story of the Chinese immigrant experience and a bitingly funny satire on the English, Mr Ma and Son delicately portrays the dreams and disappointments of those seeking a new life in a distant land. Translated by William Dolby, with an introduction by Julia Lovell
A deliciously funny and moving comedy-of-manners about a Chinese father and son's experiences at the height of London's Jazz Age'He was in London - why be bothered looking at it? Wasn't it bad enough just being there?'Newly arrived from China, Mr Ma and his son Ma Wei run an antiques shop nestled by St Paul's Cathedral, where they try to make a living amid the smog and bustle of 1920s London. As they struggle with money, misunderstandings and the ways of the English - from the overbearing patronage of missionary Reverend Ely to their well-meaning landlady Mrs Weddeburn and her carefree daughter - can understanding, even love, blossom? Both a moving story of the Chinese immigrant experience and a bitingly funny satire on the English, Mr Ma and Son delicately portrays the dreams and disappointments of those seeking a new life in a distant land. Translated by William Dolby, with an introduction by Julia Lovell
Über den Autor

Lao She was born in 1899 to a poor Manchu family in Beijing. He left China in his mid-twenties to teach Chinese at the University of London, where he stayed for the next five years. Mr Ma and Son, serialized in 1929, was his third and final novel written during his London years. Lao She continued to teach and write upon his return to China, and became an established and respected author renowned for his humorist style. He committed suicide in Beijing in 1966, a few years after being labelled an anti-Maoist and counter-revolutionary by the Red Guards.

William Dolby (1936-2015) was a translator from Chinese and Professor of Chinese at Edinburgh University.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Penguin Modern Classics
Inhalt: XVI
336 S.
ISBN-13: 9780241579558
ISBN-10: 0241579554
Sprache: Englisch
Originalsprache: Chinesisch
Herstellernummer: 781518
Ausstattung / Beilage: B-format paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: She, Lao
Übersetzung: Dolby, William
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Penguin Classics
Maße: 194 x 127 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Lao She
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.10.2022
Gewicht: 0,264 kg
Artikel-ID: 121132109
Über den Autor

Lao She was born in 1899 to a poor Manchu family in Beijing. He left China in his mid-twenties to teach Chinese at the University of London, where he stayed for the next five years. Mr Ma and Son, serialized in 1929, was his third and final novel written during his London years. Lao She continued to teach and write upon his return to China, and became an established and respected author renowned for his humorist style. He committed suicide in Beijing in 1966, a few years after being labelled an anti-Maoist and counter-revolutionary by the Red Guards.

William Dolby (1936-2015) was a translator from Chinese and Professor of Chinese at Edinburgh University.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Penguin Modern Classics
Inhalt: XVI
336 S.
ISBN-13: 9780241579558
ISBN-10: 0241579554
Sprache: Englisch
Originalsprache: Chinesisch
Herstellernummer: 781518
Ausstattung / Beilage: B-format paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: She, Lao
Übersetzung: Dolby, William
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Penguin Classics
Maße: 194 x 127 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Lao She
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.10.2022
Gewicht: 0,264 kg
Artikel-ID: 121132109
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