Classic works of Ba Xianyong

Author: Bai Xianyong
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Famous works by Hong Kong and Taiwan masters. Classics are the treasures left after the test of time, they are portraits of human nature, annotations of human nature. The significance of classics lies in their renewing charm every time they are read, no matter how time flows, they remain an unchanging landscape on the bookshelves of readers. Born in 1937, in Guilin, Guangxi. In 1951, he followed his father Bai Chongxi to Taiwan. In 1961, he graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages at National Taiwan University. During his university years, he began writing short stories. In 1963, he went to the United States to study at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he obtained a master's degree. His main works include the novel The Son of the Revolution, the short story collections The People of Taipei and Seventeen Years of Solitude, the play The Dream of the Red Chamber, the film script Auntie Yu, and the critical essay collection Looking Back Suddenly.