This collection includes some of Xiao Hong's most famous short stories, such as -On the Oxcart, - -Spring in a Small Town, - -The Family Outsider, - -Flight from Danger, - -Vague Expectations, - -The Bridge, - and -Hands.-
This collection includes some of Xiao Hong's most famous short stories, such as -On the Oxcart, - -Spring in a Small Town, - -The Family Outsider, ...
This novel marks the peak of Lao She's career as a professional writer and registers a new approach to the representation of China in its absurdist situation. It can be read as an "epic" of modern China.
This novel marks the peak of Lao She's career as a professional writer and registers a new approach to the representation of China in its absurdist...
Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), the brother of writer Lu Xun, was one of the most controversial intellectuals in modern China. Radically at odds with many of his contemporaries, Zhou opposed the May Fourth reformers. His work was banned in both mainland China and Taiwan for many years as a result of his collaboration with the Japanese puppet government during the Sino-Japanese War. This collection of essays presents an alternative vision of China as a nation, questioning the dichotomy between modernity and tradition and espousing a literary style that values openness and individualism.
Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), the brother of writer Lu Xun, was one of the most controversial intellectuals in modern China. Radically at odds with many of...
Liang Shih-chiu (1903-1987), a literary critic and theorist of many talents, was the first person to translate the complete works of Shakespeare into Chinese. Literary historians remember him chiefly for his conservative leanings and his infamous "war of words" with Lu Xun, the acknowledged leader of leftist writers in the 1930s. From a Cottager's Sketchbook highlights Liang's versatility and literary style. The essays deal with familiar and timeless topics, tempering social satire of postwar China with light humor. At a time when the common cry was "to write as one would speak," and a...
Liang Shih-chiu (1903-1987), a literary critic and theorist of many talents, was the first person to translate the complete works of Shakespeare into ...
Gao Xingjian is the first Chinese Nobel Laureate in Literature. The Swedish Academy summarized his achievements as follows: "An oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chines novel and drama." The collection, which aims to present the diversity of Gao's literary talents, contains the highlights of his essays, stories, plays and poems.
Gao Xingjian is the first Chinese Nobel Laureate in Literature. The Swedish Academy summarized his achievements as follows: "An oeuvre of universal va...
While echoes of Lu Xun's short stories can still be heard in fictional works from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, "The True Story of Ah Q" has become an intrinsic part of the Chinese vocabulary. This edition contains the Chinese version and an English tra
While echoes of Lu Xun's short stories can still be heard in fictional works from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, "The True Story of Ah Q" has become...
