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Names: Mu, Aili, editor, translator. | Smith, Mike, 1973- editor.

Title: Contemporary Chinese short-short stories: a parallel text / Aili Mu with Mike Smith.

Description: New York: Columbia University Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016050352 (print) | LCCN 2017010214 (ebook) | ISBN 9780231181525 (cloth: acid-free paper) | ISBN 9780231181532 (pbk.) | ISBN 9780231543637 (electronic)

Subjects: LCSH: Short stories, Chinese.

Classification: LCC PL2653 .C85 2017 (print) | LCC PL2653 (ebook) | DDC 895.13/5208—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016050352

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