Description: ONE of the most sweeping fiction successes of 1945 was this novel of modern China by one of its best-known writers, author of plays, short stories, and several novels in addition to Rickshaw Boy. It was a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, and was one of the half-dozen most popular novels ever-issued by the club. Within a month after its New York book debut, Broadway and Hollywood were seeking dramatic and motion-picture rights. Six weeks after publication, nearly half a million copies were in print. Rickshaw Boy is Chinese in plot, characters, and atmosphere. It is biting and strong. It is China toiling and sweating. China loving and suffering, falling and getting up again and still again. And laughing too, whenever it can — deep. earthy laughter. To bring over into a word-language such as English a work of literary art from a picture-language such as Chinese, without losing the flavor and nuances of the original, is a superb achievement. Many commentators say that Evan King, an American who has lived for years in China and has done much translating of the language, has done just that in giving Rickshaw Boy to the western world. This special edition of RICKSHAW BOY by Lau Shaw has been made available to the Armed Forces of the United States through an arrangement with the original publisher, Reynal & Hitchcock. New York. Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., a non-profit organization established by the Council on Books in Wartime
Price: 14.95 USD
Location: Frazier Park, California
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Collector's Edition
Author: Lau Shaw
Publisher: Armed Services Edition
Topic: Action, Adventure
Subject: Americana
Modified Item: No
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1945
