Humans, Beasts, and Ghosts: Stories and Essays

Qian Zhongshu, and Edited by Christopher G. Rea; With translations by Dennis T. Hu, Nathan K. Mao, Yiran Mao, Christopher G. Rea, and Philip F. Williams

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Paper, 272 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-15275-4
$29.50 / £19.50

December, 2010
Cloth, 272 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-15274-7
$89.50 / £62.00

"Qian is both funny and clever throughout Humans, Beasts, and Ghosts, and this volume serves as a good introduction to an author that is well worth knowing." — M.A. Orthofer, The Complete Review

"So long as wit and satire, insightfully imagined characterization, and unmatched erudition matter in literature, Qian Zhongshu's writing will have a place, and this translation of his work is among the most significant renderings from Chinese." — Ron Egan, University of California, Santa Barbara

Related Subjects

• Asian History
• Asian Literature
• Literary Criticism and Theory

Series

• Weatherhead Books on Asia

About the Author

Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), hailed as twentieth-century China's "foremost man of letters," is best known for his novel, Fortress Besieged, and his groundbreaking study of the Chinese literary canon, Limited Views: Essays on Ideas and Letters.

Christopher G. Rea is assistant professor of modern Chinese literature at the University of British Columbia.

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