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China’s Stefan Zweig
The Dynamics of Cross-Cultural Reception (Critical Interventions)
by Arnhilt Johanna Hoefle, Sheldon H. Lu
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Hawaii Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-7208-3, ISBN: 0-8248-7208-8

"During his lifetime Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) was among the most widely read German-language writers in the world. Always controversial, he fell into critical disfavor as writers and critics in a devastated postwar Europe attacked the poor literary quality of his works and excoriated his apolitical fiction as naïve Habsburg nostalgia. Yet in other parts of the world, Zweig’s works have enjoyed continued admiration and p ..."

Fragrant Orchid(Reprint)
The Story of My Early Life (Critical Interventions)
by Sakuya Fujiwara, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Chia-Ning Chang, Sheldon H. Lu
Paperback, 412 Pages, Published 2016 by University Of Hawaii Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-6784-3, ISBN: 0-8248-6784-X

"The acclaimed actress and legendary singer, Yamaguchi Yoshiko (aka Li Xianglan, 1920-2014), emerged from Japan-occupied Manchuria to become a transnational star during the Second Sino-Japanese war. Born to Japanese parents, raised in Manchuria, and educated in Beijing, the young Yamaguchi learned to speak impeccable Mandarin Chinese and received professional training in operatic singing. When recruited by the Manchurian Film Association ..."

Contemporary Sino-French Cinemas(Reprint)
Absent Fathers, Banned Books, and Red Balloons (Critical Interventions)
by Michelle E. Bloom, Sheldon H. Lu
Paperback, 284 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Hawaii Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-7511-4, ISBN: 0-8248-7511-7

"Transnational cinemas are eclipsing national cinemas in the contemporary world, and Sino-French films exemplify this phenomenon through the cinematic coupling of the Sinophone and the Francophone, linking France not just with the Chinese mainland but also with the rest of the Chinese-speaking world. Sinophone directors most often reach out to French cinema by referencing and adapting it. They set their films in Paris and metropolitan Fr ..."