Bison
Bison
By Xubin
2016
172 pages
ISBN 978-962-7255-41-3
This collection brings together the small but profound corpus of short stories by Xubin in English translation. With a background in ecology, Xubin came as a breath of fresh air on the Hong Kong literary scene in the 1970s and 1980s. Her meticulous depiction of the mother nature and its fauna and flora, as well as her precise, fable-like language and vivid imagery, all contribute to a unique reflectiveness in her writings.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The Short Stories of Xubin By Liu Yichang Translated by Chi-yin Ip — 7
The Buddha Fish Translated by Mary M. Y. Fung — 11
Stone Translated by Diana Yue — 19
Wood Translated by Tommy McClellan — 29
Mountain Translated by Cheuk Wong — 51
Bat Translated by Cheuk Wong — 59
The Sea Translated by Audrey Heijns with Janice Wickeri — 65
Martha and Mary Translated by Cheuk Wong — 69
The Hunter Translated by Janice Wickeri — 75
Bison Translated by Chi-yin Ip — 103
Letters Translated by Cheuk Wong — 135
An Indian Who Fainted by the Waterside Translated by Theodore Huters — 155
About the Translators — 171
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AUTHOR(s)
Xubin (pen name of Ng Yuk Ying), born in Hong Kong, received her master’s degree in ecology from San Diego State University. She was one of the first to introduce Latin-American writers to Hong Kong readers through her translations published in local literary magazines. In addition to her short stories, her literary works also include the essay collection Kan niu ji 看牛集 [Watching cows] (1991) and a Chinese translation (1971) of Jean-Paul Sartre’s La nausée.
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TRANSLATOR(s)
Mary M. F. Fung 張曼儀
Audrey Heijns 曾麗雯
Theodore Huters 胡志德
Chi-yin Ip 葉志研
Tommy McClellan 馬軻蘭
Janice Wickeri 魏貞愷
Cheuk Wong 王卓
Diana Yue 余丹