grashopa99 Posted October 19, 2011 at 02:34 AM Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 at 02:34 AM Anyone have recommendations for short stories to read? I'm thinking really short if we can find one pagers. I'm a beginner so while I can search on 小说 and find websites I can't easily navigate to stuff that might be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted October 19, 2011 at 08:21 AM Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 at 08:21 AM If you're a beginner only looking for one-pagers, you're probably better off with something like the Chinese Breeze graded readers (search the forums for more info). Also, just for future reference, 小说 usually means novels so searching for that in Chinese won't help you find what you want. 短篇小说 works better for short stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miss_China_so_much Posted October 19, 2011 at 08:41 AM Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 at 08:41 AM Short stories in Chinese? Do you have any preference? I used to subscribe <小说月报> and <收获>, two literature magazines with good short stories and novellas. Not sure if they still exist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imluffy Posted October 19, 2011 at 10:20 AM Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 at 10:20 AM you can watch many short stories from a story magazine 《故事会》 on this website： 《故事会》 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweis Posted October 19, 2011 at 04:18 PM Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 at 04:18 PM have you read the University of Iowa collection thread? the texts are fairly short. [edit] The Chinese Stories Platform has actual short stories, a bit longer though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted October 19, 2011 at 10:09 PM Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 at 10:09 PM For a nice selection of good short stories, check http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dporter/sampler/sampler.html One-pagers are often referred to as 小小说. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Language Link Posted October 21, 2011 at 01:18 AM New Members Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 at 01:18 AM "青年文摘"or“读者”would help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludens Posted October 21, 2011 at 07:58 PM Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 at 07:58 PM If you don't mind reading children's stories you might like: http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/ The stories aren't geared towards foreign learners, but are all quite short (2-5 pages). I find them quite enjoyable, and it's one of the easiest to read "native Chinese" sites I've found. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleaves Posted October 21, 2011 at 08:11 PM Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 at 08:11 PM Ha. Fun little site, Ludens. I dare everyone to watch this one without chuckling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkhsu Posted October 21, 2011 at 08:36 PM Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 at 08:36 PM Thanks for the link Gleaves. It's hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanalian Posted October 22, 2011 at 12:40 PM Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 at 12:40 PM I think you can search 寓言故事 or 童話故事 in Baidu.com These are for Chinese children and the language would not be too complicated. Most of them are free and suitable for beginner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grashopa99 Posted October 24, 2011 at 06:21 PM Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 at 06:21 PM "Ha. Fun little site, Ludens. I dare everyone to watch this one without chuckling. " Awesome, I understand that one di di da! di di da! the sheets got wet! Haha shi da da, shi da da! At least I picked up all the words from the drawings. Good stuff. I still prefer to read the stories at the other link though, it just goes slower. Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taibei Posted October 27, 2011 at 07:46 AM Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 at 07:46 AM Here's a book of short stories: Pīnyīn Rìjì Duǎnwén, all of which are in Pinyin. The first story is also available in English translation: After the Flood (Dàshuǐ Guòhòu). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
student Posted October 27, 2011 at 11:08 AM Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 at 11:08 AM Here is a link to a short previous thread which had some information about 小小说, as well as a very short (164 character) example (and a joke): http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/14652-%E5%B0%8F%E5%B0%8F%E8%AF%B4-chinese-short-short-stories/ Also there is a book of chinese short short stories in translation, "An Anthology of Chinese Short Short Stories", http://www.amazon.com/Anthology-Chinese-Short-Stories-Panda/dp/7119038818/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1319714368&sr=8-2 It isn't too hard to find at least some of the originals on the web... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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