LIFE IN OLD CHINA
MR. DERELICT. By Liu Ngo (ttanslated by H. Y. Yang and G. M. hace i George Allen and Unwin, London. CHINESE novel written in 1905 may not promise to have much attraction for present-day readers, and the discursive style of this book is an additional handicap. Further, there is an underlying allegory, so that the wandering physician becomes shadowy, and his adventures take place in a vague region of the imagination, Nevertheless, the reader who ignores of overcomes these difficulties will find interesting material. . Mr. Derelict may remain elusive; but villagers, officials and singsong girls. come to life, and there are some fiotable passages. Most impressive, perhaps, is the description of a girl singing. It is an example of self-con-scious writing, in the Chinese manner of an earlier period; and even in translation the climbing metaphors leave the
reader a little breathless. /
M.H.
H.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 489, 5 November 1948, Page 19
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148LIFE IN OLD CHINA New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 489, 5 November 1948, Page 19
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