Presented by Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing
The Mystified Boat: Postmodern stories from China.
Guest-edited by Herbert Batt and featuring paintings by Mu Xin.
As international art and ideas become more influential among the young writers of China, authors have found innovative ways to express their changing perspectives and to challenge conventions of thought as well as style.
Editor’s Note, vii
Essay
Into the Labyrinth: An Introduction, 49
Yongchun Cai and Herbert J. Batt
Fiction
A Date in Purple Bamboo Park, 1
Ge Fei
The Master, 8
Ma Yuan
The Saddled Deer, 29
Hong Ying
Death without a Burial Place, 57
Su Tong
The Golden Stupa, 68
Ma Jian
The Black Road, 74
Ma Yuan
The Seat on the Verandah, 83
Lin Bai
Starboy and I, 111
Yan Li
The Land of Peach Blossoms, 125
Can Xue
The Death of an Artist, 135
Wang Anyi
The Mystified Boat, 142
Ge Fei
Death Narrative, 162
Yu Hua
Under the Spell of the Gangtise Mountains, 169
Ma Yuan
Poetry
Inflorescence, 41
Arthur Sze
Reviews (Bottom section of page), 203