Furrows, peasants, intellectuals, and the state : stories and histories from modern China / compiled and edited, with an introduction by Helen F. Siu
1990, 1st edition. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #424287
ISBN: 0804718059
Physical description; xii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-341). Contents; pt. I. The frailty of power -- Mud / Mao Dun -- A certain day / Wu Zuxiang -- On the oxcart / Xiao Hong -- The way of the beast / Sha Ting -- Rumbling in Xu family village / Ai Wu -- pt. II. The force of dogma -- The widow Tian and her pumpkins / Zhao Shuli -- The first step / Kang Zhuo -- Taking charge / Fang Zhi -- Firm and impartial / Hao Ran -- pt. III. Critique and ambivalence -- A gift of land / Gao Xiaosheng -- The ivy-covered cabin / Gu Hua -- Electing a thief / Li Rui -- Leisure: tending a vegetable plot / Yang Jiang -- Deja Vu / Han Shaogong -- Floodtime / Jia Pingwa -- Chimney smoke / Ah Cheng -- pt. IV. Furrows -- Preface to Letters between two places / Lu xun -- Superfluous words / Qu Qiubai -- Wild lilies / Wang Shiwei -- Do not close your eyes to the sufferings of the people / Huang Qiuyn -- A happy life and the art of writing / Hao Ran -- How I came to write "Lilies on a comforter" / Ru Zhijuan -- What did I want to tell my readers / Li zhun -- Father / Ah Cheng. Subjects; Short stories, Chinese. Chinese fiction 20th century. Peasants China Social life and customs ; Fiction. Authors, Chinese 20th century Political and social views. Fiction.
Price: €25.00