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Description:Short story, translated by Helen Wang, now available to read online at the Paper Republic website.Fan Xiaoqing is Chair of the Jiangsu Writers Association and known especially for her beautiful descriptions of life in the little lanes of Suzhou.I was researching the people and customs of my hometown, Suzhou, and by chance came across the story of a Mrs Zhang Taiyan in a historical document. The account was very short. It said that she was once the campus queen of a girls' school in Shanghai, and that she was clever as well as beautiful. Grandma Tang is based on her. No one else was mentioned in the document. I added the other old ladies and Mr Mai, who came looking for her. They are fictional characters. I am familiar with life in the little streets of Suzhou, and I wanted to show through the story that behind very ordinary things there have often been great waves. This old lady in her twilight years, tucked away in the little lanes of Suzhou, quietly chatting with a group of people of her age... who would imagine she once had such a dazzling youth! And yet she had! -- Fan XiaoqingFan Xiaoqing was the featured author in the latest issue of the journal Chinese Arts and Letters no. 2, 2015. This story is one of three that were published, and the quote above is from an interview in the same journal. Both are reproduced here with the kind permission of the editor, Mr Yang Haocheng 杨昊成. -- Paper RepublicWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ying Yang Alley. To get started finding Ying Yang Alley, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2016

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Description: Short story, translated by Helen Wang, now available to read online at the Paper Republic website.Fan Xiaoqing is Chair of the Jiangsu Writers Association and known especially for her beautiful descriptions of life in the little lanes of Suzhou.I was researching the people and customs of my hometown, Suzhou, and by chance came across the story of a Mrs Zhang Taiyan in a historical document. The account was very short. It said that she was once the campus queen of a girls' school in Shanghai, and that she was clever as well as beautiful. Grandma Tang is based on her. No one else was mentioned in the document. I added the other old ladies and Mr Mai, who came looking for her. They are fictional characters. I am familiar with life in the little streets of Suzhou, and I wanted to show through the story that behind very ordinary things there have often been great waves. This old lady in her twilight years, tucked away in the little lanes of Suzhou, quietly chatting with a group of people of her age... who would imagine she once had such a dazzling youth! And yet she had! -- Fan XiaoqingFan Xiaoqing was the featured author in the latest issue of the journal Chinese Arts and Letters no. 2, 2015. This story is one of three that were published, and the quote above is from an interview in the same journal. Both are reproduced here with the kind permission of the editor, Mr Yang Haocheng 杨昊成. -- Paper RepublicWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ying Yang Alley. To get started finding Ying Yang Alley, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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