Jan 17 2013
Lin Yutang 林語堂
Timing is everything. I borrowed two of his books from a friend, a month ago:
Moment in Peking 京华烟云 (1939; The John Day Book Company)
The Red Peony (1961; World Publishing Company)
For some reason, I couldn’t get into it till today. I almost finished it in one sitting. I don’t know how many version of Chinese translations are out there, and if this one by Zhang Zhenyu is the best – I hope there are better translations.
Hey kiddo,
Lin Yutang was one of my first, if not very first introductions to Chinese culture. A number of his works are available from the Internet Archive (http://archive.org/search.php?query=Lin%20Yutang%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts) and the Open Library (openlibrary.org)
I blew through NYC this past weekend, stopped off for a concert at BAM and had I not been with my nephew and his girlfriend, would have said let’s get together for some food.
I’ll notify you next time I come in for a stay (probably March) of any length.
In the meantime, don’t behave!
J