Tower for the Summer Heat (Revised)

Li Yu
Publisher: Columbia University Press
September 1 1998
EAN: 9780231113854
ISBN: 0231113854
Synopsis: Hanan has translated six of the twelve stories in the Sh'ier lou collection, which is the most famous individual collection of vernacular stories from premodern China. With Hanan's introduction and notes, and containing Li Yu's emphasis marks, notes, and critiques, this volume will interest students of Chinese literature and general readers alike.