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1993年新年钟声响过不久,一本书就把读书界搅得不得安宁,从中国大陆到纽约华埠,人们都在议论着《曼哈顿的中国女人》和它的作者周励。许多人在问:《曼哈顿的中国女人》怎么了?周励怎么了?人们为什么对一本小说倾注了这许多热情和兴趣?1992年7月,北京出版社出版了美籍华人周励的带有强烈自传色彩的记实小说《曼哈顿的中国女人》,立即引起轰动,几个月内印刷4次,总销售量达50万册,这种众多的人对一部文学作品倾注的热情在近几年是少见的。与此同时,一些新闻媒介相继发表评论和报道,对此书予以肯定。但与此同时也夹杂着一些批评,这些批评基本上是文学圈内的批评和争议,并未妨碍这本书在书店的畅销和传播。在出版社不断地追加印数的同时,北京等一些城市相继出现了一些盗版书,仅一个个体书商就批发了盗版书6万册,这说明《曼》书是何等畅销。此外,还有不少影视机构准备将《曼》书改编拍摄成电影、电视剧,其中甚至包括象谢晋这样的大导演和北京电视艺术制作中心这样的机构。这部书的畅销给出版社和作者带来
Soon after the New Year bell rang in 1993, a book stirred up the confusion of reading circles. From mainland China to Chinatown in New York City, people were talking about “Chinese Woman in Manhattan” and its author, Zhou Li. Many people are asking: “What’s wrong with a Chinese woman in Manhattan? What happened to Zhou Li? Why did people devote so much enthusiasm and interest to a novel? In July 1992, Beijing Publishing House published a Chinese-American band With a strong autobiographical novel ”Manhattan Woman of China,“ immediately caused a sensation, printing 4 times in a few months, with a total sales of 500,000, the enthusiasm of such a large number of people devoted a literary work in the near A few years is rare. In the meantime, some news media made comments and reported one after another, confirming the book. But at the same time, some criticisms are also mixed up. These criticisms are basically criticisms and controversies in the literary circle, which have not hindered the popularity and dissemination of the book in the bookstore. At the same time as the press continued to impress the printed books, some pirated books appeared successively in some cities such as Beijing. Only a single individual book dealer distributed 60,000 books of pirated books, which shows how popular the books are. In addition, there are still many film and television organizations ready to be ”Man" book adapted into a movie, TV series, including even such big director as Xie Jin and Beijing TV art production center such a body. The best-selling book is brought to publishers and authors