Synopsis:

 The 14 short stories collected in the book, all inspired by real-life events, are about people caught in the unsettling drama of a fast-changing China, about the average person who thrusts forward in life, stubbornly, despite the bewilderment, the setbacks, and sometimes, the stunning blows.

Witty, poignant, absurd, and shocking, the stories were originally written in English and have already been published in the United States in a collection titled Red Guard Fantasies and Other Stories.

This newly prepared English Chinese bilingual edition is for those brave souls who feel linguistically equipped for a new venture into a myriad world of jaded entrepreneurs, overzealous cops, karaoke fanatics, dog lovers (and haters), liberated coeds, and frustrated urbanites who move in and out of China's colorful neon-lit cites and dusty rural villages, transitioning from one world to the other. The reward for this venture should be richer than deepened understanding of China, its people, and long and dynamic culture.

Book Excerpt:

Love Me, Love My Dog

(the title story) He hated dogs. He still had a string of peanut size odd-shaped scars on the right side of his butt to remind him of his hatred every now and then, particularly when he needed to strip naked to bathe or take a quick shower. Naturally, Dalong Li was not very fond of women in expensive looking fur coats, genuine or artificial, who, with noses tilted up toward the sky, paraded through the streets with a little puppy in their arms or on a long, false diamond-studded leash. Who did they think they were? Cindy Crawford, Vanessa Williams, or whoever the world’s super-most super model might be, promenading down the Fifth Avenue in Manhattan or the Champs-Elysées in Paris?Besides, there were millions of humans, like those skinny, bony, big-headed kids in Somalia and Sudan he had seen on TV, who had to suffer the pangs of hunger everyday. These women could certainly use a good lecture to knock some human sense into their airy heads, he thought....

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Topics/Categories:

chinese culture, cultural identity, love and relationships, Marriage and family, Modern China, social changes

Genre:

Chinese - Chinese-American Literature

Type of Work:

Short Story Collection

Publishers:

Create Space

Purchase From:

Love Me, Love My Dog and Other Stories: English Chinese Bilingual Edition

Original Publish Date:

July 20, 2009

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