作　者：陈志强编 丛 书 名：中国新都市小说集 出 版 社：五洲传播出版社ISBN：9787508517780 出版时间：2010-01-01 版　次：1 页　数：405 装　帧：平装 开　本：16开 所属分类：图书> 小说> 都市

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Many people may ask, "what is new urban fiction？" In fact,although Chinese literature has flourished after the country embarked on reform and opening, only a small percentage of thevast number of literary works touch on the life of urban whitecollars who are the driving force of todays cities. These youngpeople and student-turned entrepreneurs live a colorful life inShanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and other cities, but they look palein many fictions. In that sense, our literature has to reflect a constantly changing society.

All the works contained in this book are prize-winning "newurban fiction" stories selected by Shanghai Wave a literary andlife magazine followed the style of New Yorker for Chinese whitecollars, in recent two years.

Reading these unique and vivid stories, we can feel that theseoffice workers, no matter where they are, at home or in office, in abar or a cafG have inner conflict under a placid countenance. Theirpains and struggle are beyond many peoples imagination andtheir pursuit of success and true love is not well understood andaccepted. The life of urban white-collars is as colorful as is theirinner world. This perhaps is the main feature of todays Chinesecity life.

Preface

Interview

A Man Who Wears No Suit

Marthas Choice

Hepburn Shoes on the Double-Decker

Spell of the Painting

Nirvana of Love

A Compulsory Course

As Bright As The Peach Blossom

Lychee Martini

Bygones of No Significance

To The Nevedand Far Beyond My Reach

Be Sure to Live Happily

Lonely Love

17th Floor A Tower

About Being on the Shelf

Charlottes Carpet

A False Turning of Love

Meeting Wichmann

White Moonlight

Epilogue　4o6

When Shanghai Wave held a literary contest in the genre of"new urban fiction", I thought seriously about what "new urban fiction" means. Why is it called "new"？ How does it compare with traditional urban fiction？ And how do we define "oldurban fiction"？

Hepburn Shoes on the Double Decker is a collection of urbanfiction stories from 2008 and will be published in a book. Someof the stories have been printed by the magazine and havedrawn critical reviews, quite favorably.

Because I get every issue of Shanghai Wave, I have read someof these stories. To publish this book, I read them once again.Then, it dawned on me that the characters depicted in thesestories are either Chinese returning from overseas studies orcompany employees or young entrepreneurs. These urbanwhite-collars are pursuing their dreams of career, love, marriage and family life. They are individuals of a new century,well-educated, well-paid, living a fast-paced city life, and influenced by the clash of Eastern and Western cultures. Theirvalues and morals differ from tradition and from those of ordinary youths.