The Secret of Time (Traditional Chinese Edition)

by Sunflower

Overview

The Secret of Time is Taiwanese blogger Sunflower's first collection of literary essays. Written during February and August 2010, these are her comments on all aspects of Chinese and Western literature and arts. These writings stand the test of time because their subjects do.

The 40 essays collected in The Secret of Time are divided into five sections. Apart from art and literary criticism, Sunflower also reflects on her work as a freelancing writer and translator and introduces all kinds of interesting English vocabularies and concepts to Chinese readers. Particularly worth noting is Sunflower's insistence on citing the original English titles and texts whenever a piece of Western art or literature is discussed in Chinese. It solves the common problem that any one English word or phrase may have multiple Chinese representations as interpreted by different translators.

But the most outstanding feature of The Secret of Time is how Sunflower's imagination takes flight. She specialises in connecting several seemingly irrelavent ideas, views, techniques and/or trends and coming up with the most fascinating observation on Chinese and Western arts and literature. Such observation is seductive, as it conveys a sense of ecstasy that entices readers to also dive into the world of arts and literature and enjoy the flow. No wonder Sunflower has dedicated The Secret of Time to those who have dreams -- only dreamers can make a great leap across te man-made chasm that is called reality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781925462135
Publisher:	Solid Software Pty Ltd
Publication date:	11/15/2017
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	122
Sales rank:	853,717
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.26(d)
Language:	Chinese

About the Author

Sunflower, whose real name is Christine Yunn-Yu Sun, was born in Taipei, Taiwan and now lives in Melbourne, Australia. She is a bilingual (Chinese and English) writer, translator, reader, reviewer, editor, journalist, independent scholar, and publisher of Chinese-language digital and print books.

eBook Dynasty, an imprint of Solid Software Pty Ltd, is a Melbourne-based Australian publisher of Chinese-language digital and print books. We help all emerging and established English-language authors, agents and publishers to translate, publish and promote their titles to the Chinese World, while helping Chinese-language authors to promote their writings to the English World.

Table of Contents

Preface: The Secret of Time

Part One: My Writings, My Ideas (8 essays)

Part Two: What I Saw and Heard (9 essays)

Part Three: My Thoughts, My Feelings (14 essays)

Part Four: My Languages, My Paradise (4 essays)

Part Five: My Journeys as a Translator (4 essays)

Editorial Reviews

Blogs are established for people to express their feelings and views online. As the Internet becomes increasingly powerful and omnipresent, more and more writers are blogging as a way to establish a professional presence. Blogs enable these writers to connect with readers in an independent, direct and spontaneous manner. Readers are also free to provide instant feedback that is immensely valuable to writers.

Taiwanese writer Sunflower first started blogging in February 2010. Within a year, she had posted more than 100 literary essays and attracted more than 60,000 views. There is no doubt that Sunflower has put her heart and soul into her writing. As a bilingual writer, translator, reader and reviewer, her comments on numerous aspects of Chinese and Western arts and literature are intelligent, refreshing and thought-provoking.

Sunflower appears to have an amazing amount of energy, writing thousands of words each day and incorporating results of thorough and unbiased research into each essay. It is highly expected that after The Secret of Time, Sunflower will keep writing and publishing collections of her blog writings as Chinese digital and print books. This should encourage other bloggers to also discuss and debate all aspects of Chinese and Western arts and literature.

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