History
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Selected Stories of Shen Congwen:
Chinese-English Bilingual Edition
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Sha Tin, N.T., Hong Kong
2004, 321 pages
This book presents six representative stories by Shen Congwen
(1902–1988), with texts in the original Chinese facing the English
translations by Jeffrey C. Kinkley, from the author’s most mature
period, the 1930s and 1940s. Shen Congwen has been called “one of
the finest Chinese prose stylists of all time” and his stories’
settings range from rural villages to urban universities.