Affects my fifty essays (Foreign Volume)

Author: (English) Bertrand Russell et al., selected and edited by Jia Pingwa
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: For a long time, I used to pride myself on China being a great nation of prose. But when I read a large amount of foreign prose—translated prose, of course, most of which is the work of world-class literary masters—their collected works are truly a high-end and luxurious banquet. These writers are mostly famous for their novels, and their prose reveals another side of their brilliance.
I say that China can be called a great nation of prose because we are a small nation of fiction. I am grateful to those translators for opening a window for us, allowing us to see mountains beyond mountains and skies beyond skies. Fifty Famous Essays That Influenced Me has compiled a reader of modern and contemporary Chinese prose. This foreign prose reader was written within the scope of translations provided by some translators, and the majority of the works collected are by world-class literary masters. Their collected works are truly a high-end and luxurious banquet. These writers are mostly famous for their novels, and their prose reveals another side of their brilliance.