Lao She Mr Ma and Son recensie, review en informatie van de roman uit 1929 over Londen van de Chinese schrijver. Op deze pagina is informatie te vinden over de Engelse vertaling als Penguin Classic van de roman 二馬 uit 1929van de uit China afkomstige schrijver Lao She. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van de roman, de schrijver en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

Lao She Mr Ma and Son recensie, review en informatie

• “I enjoyed the book immensely as both a researcher of twentieth century representations of the Chinese in Britain, but also as a reader of fiction.” (Amyjane Barnes)

Mr Ma and Son

• Auteur: Lao She (China)
• Soort boek: Chinese roman
• Origineel: 二馬 (1929)
• Engelse vertaling: William Dolby
• Uitgever: Penguin Modern Classic
• Omvang: 352 pagina’s
• Uitgave: paperback / ebook
• Prijs: £ 9,99 / £ 5,99
• Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de roman uit 1929 van de Chinese schrijver Lao She

A deliciously funny and moving comedy-of-manners about a Chinese father and son’s experiences at the height of London’s Jazz Age.

‘He was in London – why be bothered looking at it? Wasn’t it bad enough just being there?’

Newly arrived from China, Mr Ma and his son Ma Wei run an antiques shop nestled by St Paul’s Cathedral, where they try to make a living amid the smog and bustle of 1920s London. As they struggle with money, misunderstandings and the ways of the English – from the overbearing patronage of missionary Reverend Ely to their well-meaning landlady Mrs Weddeburn and her carefree daughter – can understanding, even love, blossom? Both a moving story of the Chinese immigrant experience and a bitingly funny satire on the English, Mr Ma and Son delicately portrays the dreams and disappointments of those seeking a new life in a distant land.

Lao She was born in 3 February 1899 to a poor Manchu family in Beijing. He left China in his mid-twenties to teach Chinese at the University of London, where he stayed for the next five years. Mr Ma and Son was his third and final novel written during his London years, and was serialized in 1929. He continued to teach and write upon his return to China, and became an established and respected author renowned for his humorist style. He ventured into the realm of satire and science fiction with Cat Country in 1932, also published by Penguin. He committed suicide in Beijing on 24 august 1966, a few years after being labelled an anti-Maoist and counter-revolutionary by the Red Guards.

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