Under the Stars and Stripes: Everyday Life

Author: Liu Huantian
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: USA American Series. Originally, the daily lives of Americans and Chinese living in the U.S. are often as mundane as still water, lacking dramatic conflicts. However, the essayist Liu Huantian, with a pen that brands itself as "authentic," excels in the meeting point of Eastern and Western cultures after rejecting fiction. His narrative blends American humor with Chinese wit, poetic prose, and soaring reflections amidst trivialities. As a key figure in the "Mainland Immigrant Writer Group," Liu has entered a new realm of creativity in his mid-life. Liu Huantian, a native of Taishan, Guangdong, was born in 1948 and immigrated to the U.S. in 1980. This book is the second anthology following The Charm of New York (included in the Eight Travelogue Writers in America series), featuring new works from the 21st century and selected important pieces from previous years.