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To Live

From the author of Brothers and China in Ten Words this celebrated contemporary classic of Chinese literature was also adapted for film by Zhang Yimou. This searing novel, originally banned in China b…

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Love in a Fallen City

Eileen Chang is one of the great writers of twentieth-century China, where she enjoys a passionate following both on the mainland and in Taiwan. At the heart of Chang's achievement is her short fictio…

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Family

An essential work for anyone interested in the society and history of modern China! The first half of the twentieth century was a period of great turmoil in China. Family, one of the most popular Chin…

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Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise

The most influential book of Taiwan’s #MeToo movement—a heartbreaking account of sexual violence and a remarkable reinvention of the trauma plot, turning the traditional Lolita narrative upside down a…

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Border Town

First published in 1934, Border Town brings to life the story of Cuicui, a young country girl coming of age during a time of national turmoil. Like any teenager, Cuicui dreams of romance and finding t…

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Brothers

A bestseller in China, recently short-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize, and a winner of France’s Prix Courrier International, Brothers is an epic and wildly unhinged black comedy of modern Chin…

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Celebrated Cases Of Judge Dee

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Stories of the Sahara

The book that has captivated millions of Chinese readers, translated into English for the very first time.

Sanmao: author, adventurer, pioneer. Born in China in 1943, she moved from Chongqing to Taiwan…

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长安的荔枝

天宝十四年，长安城的小吏李善德突然接到一个任务：要在贵妃诞日之前，从岭南运来新鲜荔枝。荔枝“一日色变，二日香变，三日味变”，而岭南距长安五千余里，山水迢迢，这是个不可能完成的任务，可为了家人，李善德决心放手一搏。在胡商等人的帮助下，李善德靠着精密计算和反复试验，确定了保存方法和转运路线，将时长控制在十一天，运鲜荔枝之事终得落实。万事俱备，李善德却没料到，横亘在他面前的一座大山，是官场。

李善德还是运…

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The Moon and Sixpence

Based on the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset Maugham's ode to the powerful forces behind creative genius. Charles Strickland is a staid banker, a man of wealth and privilege…

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白鹿原

This is a splendid saga of Guanzhong Plain as well as a colorful painting scroll of Chinese village. Bai Jiaxuan, the protagonist marries six wives who all died. This weird destiny indicates ill omen.…

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Thunderstorm

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Call to Arms 呐喊

Lu Xun (simplified Chinese: 鲁迅; traditional Chinese: 魯迅; pinyin: Lǔ Xùn) or Lu Hsün (Wade-Giles), was the pen name of Zhou Shuren(September 25, 1881 - October 19, 1936) is one of the major Chinese wri…

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