Shi Zhi has been a major force in Chinese poetry since 1968, when several of his poems were circulated as secret handwritten manuscripts in the midst of China's Cultural Revolution. He gave voice to the aspirations of dispirited youth, and although once relegated to obscurity, he is today celebrated as one of China's most important cultural influences, having spawned the modern Chinese poetry revolution of the 1980s. This bilingual collection of Shi Zhi's most significant poems, featuring an afterword by the poet himself, is the first book-length publication of his work in English.Born...
Shi Zhi has been a major force in Chinese poetry since 1968, when several of his poems were circulated as secret handwritten manuscripts in the midst ...
This powerful novel by Mo Yan one of contemporary China s most famous and prolific writers is both a stirring love story and an unsparing critique of political corruption during the final years of the Qing Dynasty, China s last imperial epoch.
"Sandalwood Death" is set during the Boxer Rebellion (1898 1901) an anti-imperialist struggle waged by North China s farmers and craftsmen in opposition to Western influence. Against a broad historical canvas, the novel centers on the interplay between its female protagonist, Sun Meiniang, and the three paternal figures in her life. One of these...
This powerful novel by Mo Yan one of contemporary China s most famous and prolific writers is both a stirring love story and an unsparing critique ...
