冯骥才：俗世奇人（英国汉学家米欧敏译版） Faces in the Crowd：36 Extraordinary Tales of Tianjin

基本信息

Format:Hardback 288 pages, 34 Black and White Illustrations

Publisher:ACA Publishing Limited

Imprint:Sinoist Books

ISBN:9781838905019

Published:2 Nov 2019

Weight:440g

Dimensions:223 x 149 x 33 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

天津卫本是水陆码头，居民五方杂处，性格迥然相异。然燕赵故地，血气刚烈；水咸土碱，风习强悍。近百余年来，举凡中华大灾大难，无不首当其冲，因生出各种怪异人物，既在显耀上层，更在市井民间。故而随想随记，始作于今；每人一篇，各不相关，冠之总名《俗世奇人》耳。

《俗世奇人》 先后由冯骥才先生创作的54短篇小说连缀构成，本英译版为其中36篇，各篇文字极精短，半文半白，带有“三言两拍”笔意，作品的风格也接近古典传奇色彩，取话本文学旨趣。书中所讲之事，又多以清末民初天津卫市井生活为背景，每篇专讲一个传奇人物生平事迹，素材均收集于长期流传津门的民间传说，人物之奇特闻所未闻，故事之精妙叹为观止。

本书为剑桥大学东方研究硕士、英国汉学家米欧敏翻译的英译版。

“In the gateway city, only the best stories survive”

The port of Tianjin is where the ancient Chinese empire met the sea. The turn of the 20th century was a tumultuous time for the city, with the Qing dynasty on its last legs and the Boxers unleashing their ill-fated rebellion against the European trading concessions that had colonised its streets.

For Tianjin’s inhabitants, daily life carried on. These hardy people were shaped by the bitter earth from which they sprang, and every once in a while, there would emerge someone so remarkable that a new name would be inducted into Tianjin’s hall of fame.

From a miracle doctor to an ill-mannered mynah bird, they came from every walk of life and in all shapes and sizes. Together, their stories make up the rich tapestry of a city that the modern world has washed away...

作者简介

冯骥才，1942年3月25日出生于天津市，祖籍浙江宁波（今江北区慈城镇）。

中国当代作家、画家、社会活动家。

1961年，毕业于塘沽中学。1962年，开始在报刊上发表画作和美术评论文章。1974年，与李定兴合著长篇小说《义和拳》。1979年，发表小说《铺花的歧路》《啊！》《雕花烟斗》。1980年，凭借《雕花烟斗》获1979年全国优秀短篇小说奖。1981年，发表散文《挑山工》。1982年，任天津作家协会副主席；同年，发表小说《高女人和她的矮丈夫》。1984年，发表小说《雪夜来客》《神鞭》。1986年，中篇小说《神鞭》获第三届全国优秀中篇小说奖。1987年，任第七届政协委员；同年，出版散文集《珍珠鸟》。1988年，当选为中国文联执行副主席、天津文联主席。1995年，当选国际民间艺术组织东亚副主席；同年，出版小说《石头说话》。1998年，凭借小说《石头说话》获第六届十月文学奖。2000年出版小说集《俗世奇人》。2003年，出版散文随笔集《倾听俄罗斯》、画集《名家·名品》。2006年，完成艺术理论专著《文人画辩》。2007年，出版散文集《灵魂不能下跪》《爱犬的天堂》。2009年，出版文集《绵山神佛造像上品》、小说散文集《散花》、学术著作《消逝的花样》。2011年2月，出版《冯骥才画集》。2012年9月，出版文集《冯骥才课文》。2016年出版小说集《俗世奇人》（足本）。2018年，出版长篇小说《单筒望远镜》 。

Born in Tianjin in 1942, Feng Jicai is a contemporary author, artist and cultural scholar who rose to prominence as a pioneer of China's Scar Literature movement that emerged after the Cultural Revolution. He has published almost a hundred literary works in China and more than forty internationally. He is proficient in both Chinese and western artistic techniques, and his artwork has been exhibited in China, Japan, the US, Singapore and Austria. He has had a major influence on contemporary Chinese society with his work on the Project to Save Chinese Folk Cultural Heritages and his roles as honorary member of the Literature and Arts Association, honorary president of the China Folk Literature and Art Association and adviser to the State Council, among others. He is also dean, professor and PhD supervisor at the Feng Jicai Institute of Literature and Art, Tianjin University.

Olivia Milburn is professor of Chinese language and literature at Seoul National University. She completed her first degree in Chinese at St Hilda'sCollege, University of Oxford, a master's in Oriental studies at Downing College, University of Cambridge, and a doctorate in classical Chinese at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.